Question

So I’ve decided to try out ASP.NET MVC, having almost no prior experience in any kind of web development. I’ve created a MVC 2.0 project in Visual Studio and I see there are a couple of different .aspx pages included. They seem to mix both code and HTML:

<% using (Html.BeginForm()) { %>
    <%: Html.ValidationSummary(true, "Login was unsuccessful. Please correct the errors and try again.") %>
    <div>
        <fieldset>
            <legend>Account Information</legend>

            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(m => m.UserName) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.UserName) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.UserName) %>
            </div>
            ...

Is this standard practice? Or should I totally separate HTML and code?

Thanks

Answer 1

This is absolutely standard practice. That old notion of completely abolishing programming logic (even presentation logic) from views is a residue of history.