title: Django-like Framework Pattern
body: <p>I have been using Django for many years (since Django 1.2). and in the past, I used different type of web frameworks (such as <em>CakePHP</em>, <em>Rails</em>, <em>ASP.NET MVC</em>, and some other full-stack framework). Django wasn't my first framework.</p>
  
  <p>Different frameworks have differences in their approaches and benefits. There are certain part of those framework I like and I don't. In this context, I'd like to look at the design of Django Framework in more specific.</p>
  
  <p>After transition to Django, I like how it design its framework. When learning a new language (such as Go, Scala, Ruby, Haskell), I try to looks for a framework that has some similarity in its design especially those I mentioned later.</p>
  
  <p>The following are the 2 Django framework design decision that is very different:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>it encourage <strong>pluggable apps</strong> or <strong>apps reusability</strong>.
  Hence:
  
  <ul>
  <li>moving away from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jacobian/the-best-and-worst-of-django" rel="nofollow noreferrer">monolithic design by Jacob Kaplan-Moss</a></li>
  <li>using multiple apps to <a href="https://github.com/montylounge/django-mingus" rel="nofollow noreferrer">create a full feature site, without any model or logic</a></li>
  <li>writing a Project-less Django mentioned in <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/1590599969" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Practical Django Projects by James Bennett</a></li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>it uses <strong>Model View Template</strong> instead of classical MVC:
  
  <ul>
  <li>mentioned in <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/faq/general/#django-appears-to-be-a-mvc-framework-but-you-call-the-controller-the-view-and-the-view-the-template-how-come-you-don-t-use-the-standard-names" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FAQ</a>. </li>
  <li><em>view</em> describes which data is presented</li>
  <li><em>template</em> describes how the data is presented</li>
  <li>a view normally delegates to a <em>template</em></li>
  <li><em>controller</em> is probably the framework itself: the machinery that sends a request to the appropriate view, according to the Django URL configuration.</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I would not believe that Django pioneer such features. I believed this pattern is very common in Framework Design. Just that I have no idea, what is this (design) pattern called? This concept is very useful to be applied in other framework. I believed knowing the name of the pattern could help me understand or even build a new framework on different language with the same concept. </p>
  
  <p>Currently there are tons of web framework, most of them are following the classic MVC pattern. Some use the concept of plugin to add certain capability. Plugin however solve the reusability in different approach depending on the context.</p>
  
  <p>So I did tried to learn as many framework I could in order to find an alternative framework in different languages. Hoping that I could find out the pattern that Django use. However, it is very difficult for me to learn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_application_frameworks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">all of them</a>. In fact, I haven't found one so far.</p>
  
  <p>I have been searching for:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1353343/django-like-framework-on-ruby">Django like framework in 'ruby'</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2227338/django-like-framework-for-java">Django like framework in 'Java'</a></li>
  <li>Django like framework in 'Haskell'</li>
  <li>Django like framework in 'Go-Lang'</li>
  <li>Django like framework in 'Scala'</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, none of them really, highlight the concept that I'm interested in.</p>
  
  <p>In this Q&amp;A, I would like to know what do people call such framework? (Or What pattern is Django use?) Would be good if you could give a references in this design which other framework might have been using it too?</p>