Question

I am developing a HTML form designer that needs to generate static HTML and show this to the user. I keep writing ugly code like this:

public string GetCheckboxHtml() {     return ('<input type='checkbox' name='somename' />'); } 

Isn’t there a set of strongly typed classes that describe html elements and allow me to write code like this instead:

var checkbox = new HtmlCheckbox(attributes); return checkbox.Html(); 

I just can’t think of the correct namespace to look for this or the correct search term to use in Google.

Answer 1

Well, if you download the ASP.NET MVC DLL’s (which you can use in any type of project… including Console apps)… then you can use the many HTML helpers they have.