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Covers the responsibilities of each component (Model, View, Controller), walks through a step-by-step product list data flow, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of MVC including the Massive Controller Problem. Concludes with guidance on when MVC is appropriate and previews upcoming patterns like MVVM and Clean Architecture. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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