Is MVC a Design Pattern or Architectural pattern

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JCasso picture JCasso · Dec 8, 2009 · Viewed 69.5k times · Source

According to Sun and Msdn it is a design pattern.

According to Wikipedia it is an architectural pattern

In comparison to design patterns, architectural patterns are larger in scale. (Wikipedia - Architectural pattern)

Or it is an architectural pattern that also has a design pattern ?

Which one is true ?

Answer

user151323 picture user151323 · Dec 8, 2009

MVC is more of an architectural pattern, but not for complete application. MVC mostly relates to the UI / interaction layer of an application. You're still going to need business logic layer, maybe some service layer and data access layer. That is, if you're into n-tier approach.

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