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diff --git a/docs/narr/introduction.rst b/docs/narr/introduction.rst index 7c725690d..3ade3726c 100644 --- a/docs/narr/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/narr/introduction.rst @@ -144,10 +144,9 @@ it only supplies a mechanism to map URLs to :term:`view` code, along with a set of conventions for calling those views. You are free to use third-party components that fit your needs in your applications. -The concepts of :term:`view` and :term:`model` are used by -:app:`Pyramid` mostly as they would be by Django. -:app:`Pyramid` has a documentation culture more like Django's than -like Zope's. +The concept of :term:`view` is used by :app:`Pyramid` mostly as it would be +by Django. :app:`Pyramid` has a documentation culture more like Django's +than like Zope's. Like :term:`Pylons` version 1.0, but unlike :term:`Zope`, a :app:`Pyramid` application developer may use completely imperative @@ -177,13 +176,13 @@ frameworks, :app:`Pyramid` also generally fits into this class. .. sidebar:: You Say :app:`Pyramid` is MVC, But Where's The Controller? - The :app:`Pyramid` authors believe that the MVC pattern just - doesn't really fit the web very well. In a :app:`Pyramid` - application, there are models, which store data, and views, which - present the data stored in models. However, no facility provided - by the framework actually maps to the concept of a "controller". - So :app:`Pyramid` is actually an "MV" framework rather than an - "MVC" framework. "MVC", however, is close enough as a general - classification moniker for purposes of comparison with other web - frameworks. - + The :app:`Pyramid` authors believe that the MVC pattern just doesn't + really fit the web very well. In a :app:`Pyramid` application, there is a + resource tree, which represents the site structure, and views, which tend + to present the data stored in the resource tree and a user-defined "domain + model". However, no facility provided *by the framework* actually + necessarily maps to the concept of a "controller" or "model". So if you + had to give it some acronym, I guess you'd say :app:`Pyramid` is actually + an "RV" framework rather than an "MVC" framework. "MVC", however, is + close enough as a general classification moniker for purposes of + comparison with other web frameworks. |