Create a ViewModel in Magento

Before we can display data from the database in a template, we need to know how to generally pass data to a template. This is where the “ViewModel” part of the Model-View-ViewModel-Controller architecture comes into play.

The ViewModel is an intermediary layer between the controller, data, and view layers. Data used to be set within controllers, but to make controllers smaller and add more flexibility, the ViewModel layer was added. This lets you call the same ViewModel from multiple areas without duplicating code while also slimming down the responsibility of controllers.

You can think...