Smalltalk-80 and MVC Pattern Introduction
Trygve Reenskaug, working on Smalltalk-80, introduces the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern, a foundational concept for many future frameworks.
Significance
MVC provided a clear separation of concerns in interactive applications, making them more modular and maintainable. It became a blueprint for structuring framework-based applications.
Key facts
- Date
- 1979-01-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, California