Chapter 10. Extract Presentation Logic to View Files
When it comes to page scripts in legacy applications, it is very common to see business logic intertwined with presentation logic. For example, the page script does some setup work, then includes a header template, makes a call to the database, outputs the results, calculates some values, prints the calculated values, writes the values back to the database, and includes a footer template.
We have made some steps toward decoupling these concerns by extracting a domain layer for our legacy application. However, calls to the domain layer and other business logic within the page scripts are still mixed in with the presentation logic. Among other things, this intermingling of concerns makes it difficult ...
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