Model, View, Controller (MVC) in Exponent

Overview

MVC is a modern programming paradigm which divides the various aspects of an application into three areas:

Model is the data
View displays the model data
Controller performs the interaction with the data to calculate and present the view

Models: The basic data structure of a module which includes the database table Definition and the code to manage the data Model. The models are stored in the module's 'models' subfolder and the definitions are stored in the module's 'definitions' sub folder. Many modules contain multiple Definitions and Models.
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Views: Views are smarty templates (.tpl files) which are used to display data from the Model as manipulated by the Controller. The views are stored in the module's 'views' subfolder.
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Controllers: The workhorse of every module. It provides the Actions which manipulate the Model data and present it to the View for display. Controllers are stored in the module's 'controllers' subfolder.
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Assets: Other module support files are stored in the module's 'assets' subfolder which contains subfolders for 'css', 'images', and 'js' as needed.
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