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I think the biggest distinction to me is that the controller is the entry-point into an action/routine. It takes external inputs and returns an output to be sen

by johnmaguire2013 7y ago

I think the biggest distinction to me is that the controller is the entry-point into an action/routine. It takes external inputs and returns an output to be sent back downstream.

tabtab 7y ago
That's pretty much true of any function or method.
- johnmaguire2013 7y ago
  Yes, but I'm talking about into the overall system, not into a method.
  - justanotherc 7y ago
    In many frameworks the controller isn't even the entrypoint anymore though. Laravel for example has a separate router layer, which is the entrypoint that then passes things into a controller.
  - tabtab 7y ago
    If the controller doesn't fulfill that job, then the model or view model would (for good or bad).