Is there a name for the software design pattern that involves MVC with domain models and view models? It’s the pattern used when a tool like AutoMapper is employed.
I was attempting to explain the advantages of such a design to some fellow programmers and was calling it MVVM but I’m now of the opinion that’s not right and the MVVM pattern is where the view stage is refining the model for its own purposes rather than changing what’s passed between the Controller and the View.
Of course it all gets confusing with the number of M’s and V’s and rather than getting tied up in more knots I thought I’d ask the experts.
The “Related” questions provided me with the best answer I think I’m going to get.
The design pattern is defined fairly well in the article How we do MVC – View models and the appropriate monica seems to be MVC-ViewModels or MVC-VM.