Popular web application frameworks

- Ruby on Rails (Ruby)
- Play (Java and Scala)
- ASP.NET MVC (Microsoft)
- Django (Python)
- Sinatra (Ruby) (very light-weight)
- Symfony (PHP)
- Sails.js (Node.js, JavaScript)

Content management systems (CMSs):
WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!

The MVC Design pattern
Model-View-Controller model
 - Decouples data (model) and presentation (view)
 - A controller handles requests, and coordinates between the model and the view
 - More robust applications, easier to maintain

MVC control flow:
 1. User interface (view) awaits user input
 2. User provides input, e.g., clicks a button
 3. Controller handles the input event -> some action (handler or callback) understandable by the model
 4. Controller notifies the model, possibly changing the model's state
 5. Controller notifies the view (if it needs to be updated). Back to step 1.