Rails is not actually MVC. The MVC system is asynchronous, as you can tell with a quick look at the wikipedia page linked there - it was intended for desktop ap

Rails is not actually MVC. The MVC system is asynchronous, as you can tell with a quick look at the wikipedia page linked there - it was intended for desktop applications (though there are a few js frameworks out there that do a good job of it also). Rails is closest to a Model 2 system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_2