Python: Master the Art of Design Patterns

A software example

The web2py web framework [j.mp/webtopy] is a lightweight Python framework that embraces the MVC pattern. If you have never tried web2py, I encourage you to do it since it is extremely simple to install. All I had to do was download a package and execute a single Python file (web2py.py). There are many examples that demonstrate how MVC can be used in web2py on the project's web page [j.mp/web2pyex].

Django is also an MVC framework, although it uses different naming conventions. The controller is called view, and the view is called template. Django uses the name Model-Template-View (MTV). According to the designers of Django, the view describes what data is seen by the user, and therefore, it uses the name view as the Python ...