MVC (model-view-controller) – can it be explained in simple terms? [closed]

How about this – off the top of my head, hopefully it works for you. MVC can be metaphorically related to a TV. You have various channels, with different information on them supplied by your cable provider (the model). The TV screen displays these channels to you (the view). You pressing the buttons on the …

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In a MVC application, should the controller or the model handle data access? [closed]

All business logic should be in the MODEL. Remember, the responsibilities of each layer are thus: Controller – bridge between the model and view. Decides where to go next. View – displays the data, gathers user input Model – business logic, interface to data store. One of the biggest gains is in maintenance and (later) …

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MVC vs. Flux ? Bidirectional vs. Unidirectional?

Real and Pure MVC is unidirectional. It is clear from the the wikipedia diagram pasted in the question. More than a decade ago, when server side frameworks like Apache Struts implemented a variant of MVC called Model View Presenter (MVP) pattern, they made every request go through controller and every response come back through controller. …

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Is WordPress MVC compliant? [closed]

WordPress itself is not architected in MVC, but one can build very MVC oriented themes and plugins within the framework. There are several tools which can help: WordPress MVC solutions: Churro: @ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/churro Tina-MVC: @ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tina-mvc Plugin Factory: @ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugin-factory MVCPress: http://mozey.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/mvcpress-screenshots/#comment-3634 (abandoned, but interesting ideas) MVC threads on WordPress.org Ideas and Trac: http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/mvc-plugin-framework http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/complete-reestructuring …

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What are the differences between Presenter, Presentation Model, ViewModel and Controller?

Besides the already mentioned great reads (Fowler & Miller) and to reply to your point on differences among controller/ presenter/ … from the developer’s point of view: Controller in MVC: Controller is the actual component that gets called as a result of user interaction. Developer does not have to write code to delegate calls to …

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