The previous article, Model View Controller Explained, explained what MVC is and why it’s such a good design pattern. The model view controller design pattern has a flow. Actions flow from the view to the model via certain pathways. Conversely, changes to the model flow through to the view. This article will dive into finer detail about these pathways, and discuss some of the specific mechanisms and design patterns used to implement the flows.
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Model view controller (MVC) is a very useful and popular design pattern. If you’re writing software, you should know it. Unfortunately it’s also one of the hardest to truly understand. In this article I will provide what I think is the simplest explanation of MVC, and why you should use it.
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