I'm trying to get a clear grasp on MVC architecture, but there are two completely different views (no pun intended) of MVC. 1) An example of the MVC I learned is here in Apple's developer ...

The controller handles incoming requests and puts any data the client needs into a component called a model. When the controller's work is done, the model is passed to a view component for rendering.

The rise of rich Internet applications (RIAs) has lately become a hot topic in the Java community. In addition to new technologies like AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), MacroMedia Flex, and ...