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Asked: May 21, 20262026-05-21T11:08:30+00:00 2026-05-21T11:08:30+00:00

I was just wondering how much logic you put in your controllers? I know

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I was just wondering how much logic you put in your controllers? I know they are supposed to be slim, but it seems you have to put in some.

Have a look at my controller please and let me know what you would do to refractor it. Thanks!!

Namespace Controllers
    Public Class ShopController
        Inherits ControllerBase

#Region "Members/Properties"

        Private ProductService As IProductService
        Private UnitOfWork As IUnitOfWork

#End Region

#Region "Constructor(s)"

        Public Sub New(ProductService As IProductService, UnitOfWork As IUnitOfWork)
            Me.ProductService = ProductService
            Me.UnitOfWork = UnitOfWork

        End Sub

#End Region

#Region "Methods"

        <HttpGet()>
        Function Index() As ActionResult
            Return View(New ShopViewModel With {
                        .Categories = Mapper.Map(Of IEnumerable(Of Category), IEnumerable(Of CategoryViewModel))(ProductService.GetCategories)
                    })

        End Function

        <HttpGet()>
        Function ListProducts(ID As String, CatID As Integer) As ActionResult
            Return View(New ShopViewModel With {
                        .Products = Mapper.Map(Of IEnumerable(Of Product), IEnumerable(Of ProductViewModel))(ProductService.GetProductsByCategoryID(CatID))
                    })

        End Function

        <HttpPost()>
        Function GetCartAsJson() As ActionResult
            Return New JsonResult With {.Data = ShoppingCart}

        End Function

        <HttpPost()>
        Function AddItemToCart(Model As ShoppingCartItemViewModel) As ActionResult
            Dim Item As ShoppingCartItem

            Item = ShoppingCart.GetItemBySku(Model.Sku)

            If (Item IsNot Nothing) Then
                Item.Quantity += Model.Quantity
                UpdateCartItemPricing(Item)
            Else
                Dim Product = ProductService.GetProductDetailBySku(Model.Sku)

                Item = New ShoppingCartItem With {
                    .ProductID = Product.ID,
                    .Sku = Model.Sku,
                    .Name = Product.Name,
                    .Description = Product.ChildProducts(0).Name,
                    .Price = 0D,
                    .Quantity = Model.Quantity
                }

                ShoppingCart.AddItem(Item)
                UpdateCartItemPricing(Item)

            End If

            Return New JsonResult With {.Data = ShoppingCart}

        End Function

        <HttpPost()>
        Function UpdateCartItem(Model As ShoppingCartItemViewModel) As ActionResult
            Dim Item = ShoppingCart.GetItemBySku(Model.Sku)

            If (Item IsNot Nothing) Then
                If (Model.Quantity < 1) Then
                    ShoppingCart.DeleteItem(Item)
                Else
                    Item.Quantity = Model.Quantity
                    UpdateCartItemPricing(Item)
                End If
            End If

            Return New JsonResult With {.Data = ShoppingCart}

        End Function

        Private Sub UpdateCartPricing()
            For Each Item In ShoppingCart.Items
                UpdateCartItemPricing(Item)
            Next
        End Sub

        Private Sub UpdateCartItemPricing(Item As ShoppingCartItem)
            Item.Price = ProductService.GetPriceForSkuByQuantity(Item.Sku, Item.Quantity)
        End Sub

#End Region

    End Class
End Namespace

Update

So I refactored it one some suggestions (thanks guys!). This is what I came up with:

Namespace Controllers
    Public Class ShopController
        Inherits ControllerBase

#Region "Members/Properties"

        Private ProductService As IProductService
        Private ShoppingCartService As IShoppingCartService
        Private UnitOfWork As IUnitOfWork

#End Region

#Region "Constructor(s)"

        Public Sub New(ProductService As IProductService, ShoppingCartService As IShoppingCartService, UnitOfWork As IUnitOfWork)
            Me.ProductService = ProductService
            Me.ShoppingCartService = ShoppingCartService
            Me.UnitOfWork = UnitOfWork

        End Sub

#End Region

#Region "Methods"

        <HttpGet()>
        Function Index() As ActionResult
            Return View(New ShopViewModel With {
                        .Categories = Mapper.Map(Of IEnumerable(Of Category), IEnumerable(Of CategoryViewModel))(ProductService.GetCategories)
                    })

        End Function

        <HttpGet()>
        Function ListProducts(ID As String, CatID As Integer) As ActionResult
            Return View(New ShopViewModel With {
                        .Products = Mapper.Map(Of IEnumerable(Of Product), IEnumerable(Of ProductViewModel))(ProductService.GetProductsByCategoryID(CatID))
                    })

        End Function

        <HttpPost()>
        Function GetCartAsJson() As ActionResult
            Return New JsonResult With {.Data = ShoppingCart}

        End Function

        <HttpPost()>
        Function AddItemToCart(Model As ShoppingCartItemViewModel) As ActionResult
            ShoppingCartService.AddItem(ShoppingCart, Model.Sku, Model.Quantity)
            Return New JsonResult With {.Data = ShoppingCart}

        End Function

        <HttpPost()>
        Function UpdateCartItem(Model As ShoppingCartItemViewModel) As ActionResult
            ShoppingCartService.UpdateItemQuantity(ShoppingCart, Model.Sku, Model.Quantity)
            Return New JsonResult With {.Data = ShoppingCart}

        End Function

#End Region

    End Class
End Namespace
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    2026-05-21T11:08:31+00:00Added an answer on May 21, 2026 at 11:08 am

    Only the AddItemToCart and UpdateCartItem actions require refactoring. I would move the business logic those two methods contain into the service layer. Also private methods in a controller are always stinky.

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