MVC is a software architecture pattern that separates an application into three components: Models (data), Views (UI), and Controllers (logic).
Why It Matters
MVC organizes code logically, making applications easier to maintain, test, and scale as complexity grows.
When to Use This
- Structuring web application codebases
- Separating business logic from presentation
- Enabling parallel development (frontend and backend teams)
- Writing unit tests for business logic
Examples
- Laravel handling requests through Controllers, querying Models, returning Views
- Vue.js components as Views, API calls to Controllers
- E-commerce where Product model, cart controller, and checkout view are separate