OK, my dream-idea is implemented. TODO: Some examples and doc.go is not updated yet, comments on the mvc/di subpackage, the tutorial/vuejs-todo-mvc is running but not finished yet (it's using browser's localstorage and it should be replaced by the http requests that are registered via iris mvc

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+package mvc
+
+import "github.com/kataras/iris/core/router"
+
+// Application is the high-level compoment of the "mvc" package.
+// It's the API that you will be using to register controllers among wih their
+// dependencies that your controllers may expecting.
+// It contains the Router(iris.Party) in order to be able to register
+// template layout, middleware, done handlers as you used with the
+// standard Iris APIBuilder.
+//
+// The Engine is created by the `New` method and it's the dependencies holder
+// and controllers factory.
+//
+// See `mvc#New` for more.
+type Application struct {
+	Engine *Engine
+	Router router.Party
+}
+
+func newApp(engine *Engine, subRouter router.Party) *Application {
+	return &Application{
+		Engine: engine,
+		Router: subRouter,
+	}
+}
+
+// New returns a new mvc Application based on a "subRouter".
+// Application creates a new engine which is responsible for binding the dependencies
+// and creating and activating the app's controller(s).
+//
+// Example: `New(app.Party("/todo"))`.
+func New(subRouter router.Party) *Application {
+	return newApp(NewEngine(), subRouter)
+}
+
+// Configure can be used to pass one or more functions that accept this
+// Application, use this to add dependencies and controller(s).
+//
+// Example: `New(app.Party("/todo")).Configure(func(mvcApp *mvc.Application){...})`.
+func (app *Application) Configure(configurators ...func(*Application)) *Application {
+	for _, c := range configurators {
+		c(app)
+	}
+	return app
+}
+
+// AddDependencies adds one or more values as dependencies.
+// The value can be a single struct value-instance or a function
+// which has one input and one output, the input should be
+// an `iris.Context` and the output can be any type, that output type
+// will be binded to the controller's field, if matching or to the
+// controller's methods, if matching.
+//
+// The dependencies can be changed per-controller as well via a `beforeActivate`
+// on the `Register` method or when the controller has the `BeforeActivate(c *ControllerActivator)`
+// method defined.
+//
+// It returns this Application.
+//
+// Example: `.AddDependencies(loggerService{prefix: "dev"}, func(ctx iris.Context) User {...})`.
+func (app *Application) AddDependencies(values ...interface{}) *Application {
+	app.Engine.Dependencies.Add(values...)
+	return app
+}
+
+// Register adds a controller for the current Router.
+// It accept any custom struct which its functions will be transformed
+// to routes.
+//
+// The second, optional and variadic argument is the "beforeActive",
+// use that when you want to modify the controller before the activation
+// and registration to the main Iris Application.
+//
+// It returns this Application.
+//
+// Example: `.Register(new(TodoController))`.
+func (app *Application) Register(controller interface{}, beforeActivate ...func(*ControllerActivator)) *Application {
+	app.Engine.Controller(app.Router, controller, beforeActivate...)
+	return app
+}
+
+// NewChild creates and returns a new Application which will be adapted
+// to the "subRouter", it adopts
+// the dependencies bindings from the parent(current) one.
+//
+// Example: `.NewChild(irisApp.Party("/sub")).Register(new(TodoSubController))`.
+func (app *Application) NewChild(subRouter router.Party) *Application {
+	return newApp(app.Engine.Clone(), subRouter)
+}