CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2007/wiki2 3 bp

Model-View-Controller Review of Resources

Written by Ben Parees

quick overview of mvc

The Model-View-Controller pattern, referred to as MVC in most literature, is a way of structuring code to achieve separation of concerns. In this case, the three concerns are managing the physical data, representing the data to the user, and tying the representation of the data to the physical data in such a way that it can be manipulated by the user. These three concerns are managed by:

1. the model, which handles the physical data storage and retrieval
2. the view, which handles the graphical display of the data to the user
3. the controller, which maps user input on the view into manipulation of the physical data in the model

introductory sites

in depth overviews

http://java.sun.com/blueprints/patterns/MVC.html

http://java.sun.com/blueprints/patterns/MVC-detailed.html

http://www.dracoware.com/blog/2006/06/21/an-introduction-to-model-view-controller/

http://www.mercurytide.co.uk/whitepapers/separating-structure-presentation-and-behaviour/

http://struts.javabeat.net/tutorials/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller

http://hubpages.com/hub/MVC

http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/model-view-introduction.html

http://www.indiawebdevelopers.com/technology/java/mvcarchitecture.asp

http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=402070

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms978748.aspx

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjCTutorial/chapter02/chapter_2_section_3.html

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/mv_controller/as2ess_ch18.pdf

http://www.mobilefish.com/popupwindow/mvc_song.html

http://www.mobilefish.com/tutorials/mvc/mvc.html

http://ootips.org/mvc-pattern.html

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ModelViewController

http://www.themolehill.com/index.php/2006/07/29/beginners-guide-model-view-controller-mvc-architecture/

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/blogs/developers-diary/archives/92

http://best-practice-software-engineering.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/patterns/mvc.html

http://slash7.com/articles/2005/2/22/mvc-the-most-vexing-conundrum

http://orderedlist.com/articles/rails-and-mvc

example sites

examples of when to use mvc/how to use the parts

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=java&seqNum=117

http://www.codersource.net/aspnet_model_view_controller_sample.html

https://users.cs.jmu.edu/bernstdh/web/common/lectures/slides_model-view-controller_pattern.php

http://www.articlegold.com/Article/Simple-J2EE-Model-View-Controller-Type-II-Framework/6091

http://www.enode.com/x/markup/tutorial/mvc.html

http://www.csis.pace.edu/~bergin/mvc/mvcgui.html

http://www.developer.com/java/ent/article.php/3336761

http://www.slideshare.net/codeinmotion/mvc-demystified-essence-of-ruby-on-rails

how to build an mvc application

mvc in ruby - rails

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/12/14/revisiting-ruby-on-rails-revisited.html

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Ruby-on-Rails/Getting-Started-with-Ruby-on-Rails/2/

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rubyrails/

http://www.webmonkey.com/05/28/index4a.html

http://rails.homelinux.org/

http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/ruby-on-rails

mvc in java - general

http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/java/jsps/ojsp/mvc.html

http://javadude.com/articles/vaddmvc2/mvc2.html

http://www.leepoint.net/notes-java/GUI/structure/40mvc.html

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-1999/jw-12-ssj-jspmvc.html

http://www.uta.fi/~jl/pguibook/mvc.html

http://www.csis.pace.edu/~bergin/papers/ModelViewController.html

mvc in java - struts

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/j-struts/

http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/content/StrutsFastTrack/StrutsFastTrack.pdf

http://struts.apache.org/1.x/userGuide/introduction.html

http://struts.javabeat.net/tutorials/1-introduction-to-the-apache-struts.php

http://www.roseindia.net/struts/strutsguide.shtml

additional references

Model/view/controller. There are literally hundreds of pages describing MVC on the Web. If someone wants to learn about it, what should (s)he do? Look at the first few hits in Google? I expect we can do better than that. Write a review of the MVC sites on the Web. Which are best for learning about the concept? Which have the most instructive examples? Which are best for explaining how to use the pattern in Ruby and Java? If you choose this topic, you should be sure to peruse at least several dozen sites.