Architecture · 2004–now · Web Boom
MVC web frameworks
Model-view-controller as the default web shape. Still how most server-rendered apps think.
Why MVC web frameworks stuck
MVC stuck because it maps cleanly to HTTP request cycles and junior hiring pools. Front-end frameworks renamed pieces but kept the separation instinct. It fails only when teams treat the pattern as permission to build god controllers.
Compare with
Related
Framework · 2004–now
Ruby on Rails
Convention over configuration. Taught a decade of frameworks how to ship MVPs — and how to hit scaling walls.
Framework · 2005–now
Django
Batteries-included Python web. Still the adult choice when you want an admin, auth, and ORM that behave.
Framework · 2013–now
React
Components and unidirectional data. Won the front-end by being good enough and having a gravitational ecosystem.