Chapter 1. Presentation Patterns
By Ryan Vice
Separation of Concerns or SoC is a core principle of enterprise software development which provides many benefits and has been a key driving force behind many presentation (or UI) design patterns that have emerged over the last 30 years. In the arena of Silverlight and WPF development, Model View View Model or MVVM has quickly become the de-facto pattern for achieving SoC in UIs. However, this pattern often leaves developers and architects frustrated and at the time of this writing, can be difficult to implement in an effective way that provides more benefits than some of the older, more familiar presentation patterns (MVC, MVP, and so on).
In this chapter we will cover the evolution of presentational ...
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