What Frameworks represent a paradigm different than the MVC?

Question

We hear a lot about frameworks like Django, ROR and CodeIgniter in Python, ruby and PHP respectively, all of them represents the MVC paradigm, is there other paradigm different than MVC represented with a framework?, what's the framework name, the paradigm and the differences?

Answer 1

First of all neither RoR nor CodeIgniter is implementing MVC. They are using MVP pattern .. and are pretty bad at it too ( here is a small comment about how they are different ).

Alternative paradigms are:

• event driven programming
• data, context and interaction or DCI

... and there is n-Tier, but i am pretty clueless about where it stands in the pecking order.

Answer 2

Lift

from http://liftweb.net/lift_overview

So, Lift is not just another me-too MVC framework. It's a framework that's got some core design principals behind it that have matured very well. It's a framework that gives the dual advantages of security and developer productivity. Lift is a framework that's built in layers and gives the developer the right choices based on their needs... choices for view generation, choices for persistence, etc.