D. SmartParts (Views)
A SmartPart or view is a visual component of a CAB application, displayed in a workspace, usually providing a user interface to some business logic contained in a work item. The terms SmartPart and view are synonymous and used interchangeably. I've settled on the latter in this book because it's shorter and doesn't try to be cute. A view is usually based on a Windows Forms user control.
You generally use a view in conjunction with a presenter, the Model-View-Presenter design pattern you've heard so much about. The arrangement of components is shown in Figure 4-5. This organization is conceptually similar to the classic three-tier architecture used in much of distributed programming, although in this case, it is being used ...
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