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