Scott Cate began with a simple 100-level ASP.NET "Frequently Asked Questions" application that directly binds the user interface to the database. Then he proceeded to abstract the data layer away from the Application. At this point, the application was in a state that is about as far as most developers go when writing web applications (resulting in the UI being tightly coupled with the application).

So, Scott went a step further and abstracted the UI layer away from the application so that the application was no longer dependant on the UI at all. Finally, to demonstrate this functionality, he built a new UI with Windows Forms that binds to the application.

This design pattern is known as the "Model View Presenter".

NOTE: This meeting was our Big Prize Raffle meeting where NWNUG member Aaron Lease was the lucky winner of a Zune! 

Scott Cate is the President of myKB.com, Inc., in Scottsdale, Arizona. myKB.com is a technology company specializing in commercial ASP.NET applications. His product line includes myKB.com (Knowledge Base Software), kbAlertz.com (Microsoft Knowledge Base Notifications), and EasySearchASP.net (a Pluggable Search Engine for ASP.NET sites).  Scott also runs AZGroups.com (Arizona .NET User Groups), one of the largest and most active user group communities in the country, and is a member of ASPInsiders.com, a group devoted to giving early feedback to the Microsoft ASP.NET Team. Scott has also been awarded the ASP.NET MVP for three years in a row, from 2004-2006.  In addition, Scott has co-authored "Beginning AJAX with ASP.NET" ( http://BeginningAjax.com ) released in 2006 and the non-fiction novel "Surveillance" ( http://surveillance-the-novel.com ).