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In certain respects, the functions performed by VisualWorks's ApplicationModel instances parallel those performed by Smalltalk Express's ViewManager instances. Those functions, previously explained in Chapter 32, are as follows:

Because an application's application model has so many responsibilities, you can think of it as the hub that ties together the entire application. Accordingly, ApplicationModel subclasses typically have names that include the word application.