Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook

CHAPTER 3OracleAS Portal Page Design

In the Java development world, there is a common framework for developing Java-based Web applications. This framework is called MVC, which stands for model-view-controller. The thought behind the MVC framework is this: by separating the major parts of an application, that is, the code that interacts with a data source (the model part) from the code that handles users interaction (the view part) from the code that contains the business logic of the application (the controller part), development, modification, and testing of the application is greatly simplified. While there are other development frameworks available, the MVC framework is one of the most popular ones today.

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