Re: [boost] [gui] Shoulders of Giants

From: Alan Gutierrez (alan-boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-23 07:58:35

* Dave Harris <brangdon_at_[hidden]> [2004-12-23 07:14]:
> In-Reply-To: <20041222211651.GD2616_at_[hidden]>
> alan-boost_at_[hidden] (Alan Gutierrez) wrote (abridged):
> >     I'd like to take some time and study what has gone before.
> > [...]
> >     I've advocated the use of a CSS layout component to render
> >     the View-Controller aspect [...]
> 
> Are you aware of the variations on MVC, in particular 
> Model-View-Presenter? MVP has been so successful in Smalltalk that I 
> consider MVC obsolete. Taligent's whitepaper is here:

>   http://www.carfield.com.hk/document/software_design/MVP.pdf

    This is password protected. Somewhere else perhaps?

> and there is more material at Object Art's Smalltalk site:
> http://www.object-arts.com/EducationCentre/Overviews/ModelViewPresenter.htm

    A cursory glance, and I can't see any distiction between the
    concept of a Presenter and Controller.
    
    Okay, a search for Controller on the page reveals this link.

    http://www.object-arts.com/EducationCentre/Overviews/MVC.htm

    Which I'll read and consider, thank you.

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Alan Gutierrez - alan_at_[hidden]