Re: what's all the about then?

At 4:34 PM +0200 8/30/06, Jochem Maas wrote:

tedd wrote:

At 2:19 PM +0200 8/30/06, Paul Scott wrote:

On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 13:10 +0100, Ross wrote:

(ii) what is the technique called

Read up on MVC (Model View Controller) and the front end controller design pattern. Wikipedia is a good start. --Paul

Interesting that someone finally put a name to something we've been doing for decades. We used to just call it input, process, and display, which to me seems simpler. In addition, if one used IPD, it's acronym would at least be in the right order.

seems whenever I write something that resembles a FrontController I end up with a process() and a display() method ... small world.

No, it's just that these organizational problems have been around since the days of rock programming -- that's what "Design Patterns" are, namely trying to identify, organize, and reuse code. That's something else we've been doing for decades that has a brand new name. There's a surprisingly number of old techniques that have been given a new coat of paint and sold as the latest model. The key is to recognize them, perhaps I should coin a new name for that, maybe "Concept Evolution", "Process Inheritance", or "Legacy Identification" -- but, to really get it accepted, it has to be complicated enough to impress. :-) tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com