Before talking about model, you can read about what is the "model" thing in MVC design pattern explanation. The simple explanation about model (my interpretation, don't use it in exams) is something which represent the structure of data, and possess the logic to get and/or modify the data.
Usually, model's logic can be integrated with the controller (or view model), and the structure itself can be represented using data sets (for database, or xml documents for xml). So in most cases, developers really can ignore model and integrated it with the controller itself. So why is it needed to separate the model?
If we said about small application, it will be okay to ignore model, and integrate it with the controller at all. But what if we talk about large applications? It will be hell if we use data sets or xml documents itself. A slight change with the data structure, and you must search for every controller which used that data. Yeah I already said every controller, and if the application has so many controller, it will be a pain.
Not only that, in additional model can hold some logic that bound to data, so every controller used the data can have same behavior of the logic. Let's say that a request has some mechanics like discounts or so. Instead of put the logic in controller or database, we can put it in model. So in summary, I will say that the model is quite a handy tool for data management.
The Popular MVC Design Pattern
If you need reason(s) why the desin pattern are needed in software programming, you can read mw previous post.
Honestly, at the first time I learnt this design pattern, I find it was a bit confusing. Moreover, I find it useless to separate model with the controller, even I can immediaetly find the importance to separate the view an controller. However after try to create a php project using codeigniter framework, I find the requirement are somewhat important.
Before talking further about MVC, let me tell you the basis of MVC. The view, to be simple are the user interface. It is related to everything what user sees, what user input, what user choose and logics of the UI to communicate with controller (in this case, form tag and ajax call are considered a view.
Controller on the contrary, receiving input from view, processing it with logics (if else, loop, mathematical logics, etc), getting the data from model, sending the data to model, and even choose what view will be displayed after all the process done.
Model is the object that you use in controller. Model which data will be displayed in view, which hold the logic to modify the data in storage (can be database, xml, pure text files, encoded file, etc), getting the data from storage, and hold the structure of data.
From that explanation, we can see that it is obvious to separate view with controller, in order to separate business logic with UI logic. But why is it needed for model to be separated with the controller, instead just handle the model (get and modify the data) in controller? We can get the explanation in this post.
Honestly, at the first time I learnt this design pattern, I find it was a bit confusing. Moreover, I find it useless to separate model with the controller, even I can immediaetly find the importance to separate the view an controller. However after try to create a php project using codeigniter framework, I find the requirement are somewhat important.
Before talking further about MVC, let me tell you the basis of MVC. The view, to be simple are the user interface. It is related to everything what user sees, what user input, what user choose and logics of the UI to communicate with controller (in this case, form tag and ajax call are considered a view.
Controller on the contrary, receiving input from view, processing it with logics (if else, loop, mathematical logics, etc), getting the data from model, sending the data to model, and even choose what view will be displayed after all the process done.
Model is the object that you use in controller. Model which data will be displayed in view, which hold the logic to modify the data in storage (can be database, xml, pure text files, encoded file, etc), getting the data from storage, and hold the structure of data.
From that explanation, we can see that it is obvious to separate view with controller, in order to separate business logic with UI logic. But why is it needed for model to be separated with the controller, instead just handle the model (get and modify the data) in controller? We can get the explanation in this post.
Design Pattern, How Important is it
Design pattern is usually be used in software application programming. There are some design pattern which is used widely by enterprise, or insividual programmer. But how important is this design pattern 'thing'?
The main purpose of design pattern is to separate the application interface (UI) with the business logic. Why is it needed to do such thing?
In my latest job, there was a project which need to be handed over to me. The project are using Asp.Net webform. The structure of the project are using event-driven structure, as the basis of Asp.Net webform design.
The business logic (lets say that as the logic to submit a request, validate the form or updating the request) are being done in code behind of aspx.cs form. To be worse, the business logic sometimes handled in asmx webservice and being triggered by jquery ajax, making it harder for me to decrypt it.
Well, the pain did not stop there. The design are making it harder to be modified. A little modification can cause errors in other places, and more effort are needed to unify the change in other places as well. This is, are contrary with principal of object oriented, which is encapsulation and reuseability.
So how can a design pattern be used to solve these usually founded problems? I will try to describe it in my future posts.
The main purpose of design pattern is to separate the application interface (UI) with the business logic. Why is it needed to do such thing?
In my latest job, there was a project which need to be handed over to me. The project are using Asp.Net webform. The structure of the project are using event-driven structure, as the basis of Asp.Net webform design.
The business logic (lets say that as the logic to submit a request, validate the form or updating the request) are being done in code behind of aspx.cs form. To be worse, the business logic sometimes handled in asmx webservice and being triggered by jquery ajax, making it harder for me to decrypt it.
Well, the pain did not stop there. The design are making it harder to be modified. A little modification can cause errors in other places, and more effort are needed to unify the change in other places as well. This is, are contrary with principal of object oriented, which is encapsulation and reuseability.
So how can a design pattern be used to solve these usually founded problems? I will try to describe it in my future posts.
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