When we talk about the concept of Models in object-oriented programming, we’re usually referring to a class that is a representation of the data stored in the database.
That is is, when information is stored in rows and columns, we populate a class, its attributes, and so on with that information so that we’re able to pass it around the application, manipulate it as needed, and then possibly serialize the data back to the database.
But in a web application, it’s fair to assume that the model might need to be possible to the front-end to be used. That is, imagine a front-end request making a call to the server, requesting a model (or a collection of models), and then rendering them on the front-end.
Though this particular post isn’t code-oriented, I still think it’s worth thinking through the process of translating a model from the server and then rendering it on the front-end of the web application.
