Java EE Web Application Primer: Building Bullhorn: A Messaging App with JSP, Servlets, JavaScript, Bootstrap and Oracle

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Dave Wolf and A.J. Henley, Java EE Web Application Primer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3195-1_5

5. What Is MVC?

Dave Wolf¹  and A. J. Henley²

(1)New York, USA

(2)Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, USA

The model-view-controller (MVC) pattern is a software-design pattern used for creating data-driven web applications. A design pattern is a general solution that addresses common software-design challenges. While not a finished design, you may think of a design pattern as a template or set of best practices.

Following the MVC pattern means you intend to keep the presentation layer (view), business logic (controller), and database layer (model) separate. Changes made to one layer will minimally impact the others. ...