* Dave Harris <brangdon@cix.compulink.co.uk> [2004-12-23 07:14]:
In-Reply-To: <20041222211651.GD2616@maribor.izzy.net> alan-boost@engrm.com (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:
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. -- Alan Gutierrez - alan@engrm.com