The presentation patterns are design primarily with one objective in mind, reducing the complex code in the presentation layer and making the code in the user interface clean and manageable.

Avalon is a core part of Microsoft's presentation layer for its next major version of Windows, code-named Longhorn. Drill down on what it contains in this architecture model.

The phrase is used frequently to refer to the entire presentation layer, but strictly speaking, Avalon doesn't include Windows Forms or ASP.NET. Avalon provides an expanded view of the user interface ...