title: What exactly is a front-end model?
body: <p>Can someone provide a resource for learning what 'models' are in relation to a front-end application?</p>
  <p>I understand models when it comes to a backend app -- just a data model that can be provided in, say, a response to a request from frontend.</p>
  <p>BUT, for frontend, you have</p>
  <ul>
  <li>the data (model) from back end</li>
  <li>the actual data structure that the controller gives to the views, which often is an enhanced version of the backend model</li>
  </ul>
  <p>So, when people say 'model', do they mean both?</p>