Models, Views, and Controllers, Oh My!
Using a StringVar to connect a text-entry box and a label is the first step toward separating models (How do we represent the data?), views (How do we display the data?), and controllers (How do we modify the data?), which is the key to building larger GUIs (as well as many other kinds of applications). This MVC design helps separate the parts of an application, which will make the application easier to understand and modify. The main goal of this design is to keep the representation of the data separate from the parts of the program that the user interacts with; that way, it is easier to make changes to the GUI code without affecting the code that manipulates the data.
As its name suggests, a view is ...
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