WebMatrix Razor and ASP.NET MVC 3 Framework

jpjamie · February 24th, 2012, 04:13 PM

Would like somebody to contrast or explain how Razor fits into both WebMatrix and ASP.NET MVC 3 Framework? I'm just scratching the surface with the first two chapters of a book on the MVC 3 Framework. The institution I'm working for seems to be heading more in the MVC direction for web apps, so I need to head that way.

Thanks!

Mike Brind · February 25th, 2012, 03:57 AM

MVC 3 is built on top of the Web Pages framework. Razor was developed for Web Pages, but the MVC team liked it and decided to use it as an additional View Engine. The underlying parser is exactly the same for both frameworks, as is the syntax. You can use the Web Pages helpers in MVC - but not necessarily vice-versa.

jpjamie · February 25th, 2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Brind

MVC 3 is built on top of the Web Pages framework. Razor was developed for Web Pages, but the MVC team liked it and decided to use it as an additional View Engine. The underlying parser is exactly the same for both frameworks, as is the syntax. You can use the Web Pages helpers in MVC - but not necessarily vice-versa.

Thank you Mike!
I realize this is a loose association from this threads orientation.
Interesting MVC (Model - View - Controller) is built on top of the Web Pages framework. I noticed the two options for view engine. The book I'm reading prefers the Razor option, which was a pleasant surprise.

Just want to say you and Imar's book got me up and running with WebMatrix (converting apps from ColdFusion) and it seems it will help me with MVC 3, because it uses Razor!