Category Archives: Model-View-Presenter

Understanding The Application Controller Through Object Messaging Patterns

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Derick Bailey

Earlier in the year, I posted a few times on the Application Controller pattern that I was implementing, including some workflow service related posts, all leading up to the presentation on decoupling workflow from forms that I gave at Austin … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, AppController, Messaging, Principles and Patterns, Workflow | 5 Comments

Decoupling Workflow And Forms With An Application Controller

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Derick Bailey

One of the big problems I’ve been trying to solve recently, is in my current WinForms application that using a Model-View-Presenter setup. I have my workflow between forms coupled to the forms directly. That is, in order to get from … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, AppController, C#, Design Patterns, Git, Principles and Patterns | 9 Comments

Why ‘Should Attach View To Presenter’ Is An Invalid Unit Test / Observation.

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Derick Bailey

I’ve written a lot of specification tests like this in the last three years, from a UI / Workflow perspective, with Model-View-Presenter as my core UI architecture: [TestFixture] public class When_starting_some_process() {   IMyView view; MyPresenter presenter;   [Setup] public … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, Behavior Driven Development, C#, Principles and Patterns, Unit Testing | 13 Comments

Encapsulation: Entities, Collections And Business Rules

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Derick Bailey

Yesterday, I was involved two very separate yet very related conversations. One was via twitter with Colin Jack and Jimmy Bogard (which I was only a partial contributor to – mostly just reading their conversation) and another after work with … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, Design Patterns, Domain Driven Design, Principles and Patterns, Refactoring | 6 Comments

DDD Question: Where does required info validation belong for an Entity?

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Derick Bailey

Let’s say I have a small hierarchy of object: Faults and Parts. A Fault can contain many parts, and a part has no meaning without being associated to a Fault. To ensure that I have no Parts without a parent … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, Design Patterns, Domain Driven Design | 19 Comments