Update to 8.3.0 | MVC Models and Bindings and fix of #723 , read HISTORY.md

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_examples/mvc/session-controller/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kataras/iris"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/mvc"
+
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/sessions"
+)
+
+type VisitController struct {
+	// if you build with go1.9 you can omit the import of mvc package
+	// and just use `iris.Controller` instead.
+	mvc.SessionController
+
+	StartTime time.Time
+}
+
+func (u *VisitController) Get() {
+	// get the visits, before calcuate this new one.
+	visits, _ := u.Session.GetIntDefault("visits", 0)
+
+	// increment the visits counter and set them to the session.
+	visits++
+	u.Session.Set("visits", visits)
+
+	// write the current, updated visits
+	u.Ctx.Writef("%d visits in %0.1f seconds", visits, time.Now().Sub(u.StartTime).Seconds())
+}
+
+func main() {
+	mySessionManager := sessions.New(sessions.Config{Cookie: "mysession_cookie_name"})
+
+	app := iris.New()
+
+	// bind our session manager, which is required, to the `VisitController.SessionManager.Manager`
+	// and the time.Now() to the `VisitController.StartTime`.
+	app.Controller("/", new(VisitController), mySessionManager, time.Now())
+
+	// 1. open the browser (no in private mode)
+	// 2. navigate to http://localhost:8080
+	// 3. refresh the page some times
+	// 4. close the browser
+	// 5. re-open the browser and re-play 2.
+	app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080"), iris.WithoutVersionChecker)
+}