Why you need partial methods in c#? Can events be used to achieve the same goal?

Question

I was reading the book \"Apress Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C#\" and I came across partial methods, but I really don\'t understand what is the need for them.

Answer 1

They are not "needed", but desired for large scale applications. Extensive use of events leads to the Smart UI anti-pattern where the business logic is tightly coupled with the user interface, whereas partial functions allow you to better separate your concerns.

Here is a link to the MSDN C# programming guide on partial methods as well. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wa80x488.aspx