Web Application Without Model

Question

Is there any other way to create an ASP.NET Web Application .NET Framework (as Frontend) without using a Model class?

I'm using ASP.NET Core Web Application as Backend.

Answer 1

Hi, @Jela ,

The model classes represents domain-specific data and business logic in the MVC application. It represents the shape of the data as public properties and business logic as methods. It can be used in the view to populate the data, as well as sending data to the controller.

If you have simply data to present, you can create view without model.

Here is the introduction of ASP.NET MVC Pattern and the overview of ASP.NET Core Model-View-Controller(MVC).

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Answer 2

Well you should be using a viewmodel on the MVC client-side.

https://www.dotnettricks.com/learn/mvc/understanding-viewmodel-in-aspnet-mvc

Here are the models used in ASP.NET MVC.

https://deviq.com/other/kinds-of-models

DTO(s) travel and can be sent between client and server.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_transfer_object#:~:text=In%20the%20field%20of%20programming,that%20carries%20data%20between%20processes.&text=In%20other%20words%2C%20DTOs%20are,transferring%20data%20over%20the%20wire.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/data/using-web-api-with-entity-framework/part-5

https://www.codeproject.com/articles/1050468/data-transfer-object-design-pattern-in-csharp

Example solution out on github you can examine. In the models folder in the MVC side are domain model DM and viewmodel VM classes.

https://github.com/darnold924/PublishingCompany

Also SoC is being used throughout the solution.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns

The DAO pattern is being used in the DAL.

https://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2013/01/data-access-object-dao-design-pattern-java-tutorial-example.html#axzz6mNylbAcM