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controllers.md

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 2title: Controllers
 3description: How controllers work in starfx
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 6Why do we call this a micro-mvc framework? Well, our controllers are lighter
 7weight than traditional MVC frameworks.
 8
 9Controllers do not relate to pages, they most often relate to centralized pieces
10of business logic. This could be as simple as making a single API endpoint and
11caching the results or as complex as making multiple dependent API calls and
12combinatory logic.
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14Not only do have a centralized place for handling complex business logic,
15fetching API data, and updating our FE global state, but we also have a robust
16middleware system similar to `express` or `koa`!
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18In the following sections we will discuss how to create controllers and the
19different use cases for them inside `starfx`.