The model-view-controller design pattern is pervasive throughout the industry. From JavaScript frameworks like Angular, to Java standards like Spring MVC, an MVC-based approach is a proven strategy ...

Swing (and AWT) pioneered the use of MVC in Java. Surprisingly Swing stays one of the most convoluted and counterintuitive MVC frameworks with very little guidance on how to do things right. This ...

However, many in the Java community criticize Java Foundation Classes (JFC) and Swing. Swing doesn’t offer much help in creating a high-level Model-View-Controller (MVC) client architecture.

Layered MVC — HMVC. The HMVC pattern decomposes the client tier into a hierarchy of parent-child MVC layers. The repetitive application of this pattern allows for a structured client-tier ...