MVC is classic design pattern. MVC means model-view-controller. Models used for maintaining data, view used for displaying data, and controller used for event handler.
In modern applications, decoupling UI and data is key factor. MVC is one most-common-used pattern.
One variation of MVC is MVP.
In my previous post, I already recommend people preparing design patterns.
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