Model-View-Presenter

Definitions

1. A UI architecture pattern derived from MVC in which the Presenter contains all presentation logic and updates a passive View through an interface, making the View easily swappable and the Presenter fully unit-testable without a UI framework — historically popular in Android and WinForms development.

   In plain English: A code structure where a middleman called the Presenter handles all the logic for what appears on screen, keeping the display layer simple and easy to test.

   Example: "With MVP, the View is just an interface, so we unit test all the presentation logic in the Presenter without spinning up an Activity."

Related Terms

• Loose Coupling
• Model-View-Controller
• Model-View-ViewModel
• MVC
• MVP Pattern
• MVVM
• Platform Abstraction
• Plugin Architecture
• Presenter
• Render Props
• Service Layer
• Service Locator
• Specification Pattern
• Tight Coupling
• Unit of Work
• Agent Smith Attack