MVC

In short: MVC (model-view-controller) is an architectural pattern that separates data, presentation and control.

In more detail: It originated in the 1970s with Smalltalk and is still common in web frameworks today.

In Depth

Roles

• Model: data and business logic.
• View: display for the user.
• Controller: accepts input, calls the model and chooses the view.

Examples

Spring MVC, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET MVC, Django (calls it MTV). See MVVM, frontend, backend.

See also: MVVM, Frontend, Backend, Presentation Tier