What are the alternatives to MVC architecture for web development? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Sorry, don't have any easy to digest comparisons. But there is for example the Model-View-Presenter pattern which has superseded MVC, and is actually closer to what most PHP frameworks practically do. http://richnewman.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/model-view-presenter-variations-on-the-basic-pattern-introduction-to-cabscsf-part-24/

Articles like http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TemplatingInPhp assume that PHP itself is the best model for webapps, and patterns instead of templates don't add enough benefits.

Besides PAC, there is also Model-View-ViewModel (which is currently a hot topic in C# but not in PHP) and and Model-Delegate http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ModelDelegate which expand upon MVC. But they might not be as useful for generic webapps either.

Answer 2

An (already a bit older) blog post from Larry Garfield is the best ressource I know about this topic:

http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/mvc-vs-pac

Answer 3

Model-View-Controller is a pretty good concept, but the interpretation by a frameworks can be different. Typically "view" is a template with some logic in it. Model is often described as an XML or YAML document. Finally Controller is a piece of code in a programming language.

My proposed alternative is based around Object-Oriented design. View is an object. Model is an object. Controller is an object too. This opens posibilites to a higher level of efficiency, simplicity and code re-use.

This principle is implemented in my web development framework and I am also describing it in details in my blog post — Object Oriented MVC