Alternatives to MVC: [1] [2]

• closer cousins
  • model-view-presenter
  • presentation-abstraction-control
• more distant cousins
  • chain of responsibility
  • service-oriented architecture
  • space-based architecture
  • event-driven architecture
  • message-oriented middleware / flow-based programming
• see also
  • (most general) architectural pattern
  • (most general) category:software architecture
  • multi-tier architecture
  • common layers in an information system logical architecture
  • guiding philosophies (even more high-level, in some ways)
    • component-based software engineering / service-orientation
      • dataflow programming
      • pipeline programming (pipeline)
      • The difference between pipeline and dataflow? Simple: in dataflow, each component has no internal state (ie. it's functional), while in pipeline, each component can have internal state. The stateless nature of dataflow programming makes it inherently concurrent, ie. trivial to run in parallel.
    • loose coupling / separation of concerns