What is the difference between mvc HTML.Control and ControlFor (TextBox, checkbox etc)..
What is the difference between mvc HTML.Control and ControlFor (TextBox, checkbox etc)..
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What is the difference between mvc HTML.Control and ControlFor (TextBox, checkbox etc)..
One is strongly typed. If you have a view that expects a model of type Customer with a property “CustomerName”, you can render the value with either way
With the second method (lambda expression), you avoid magic strings. You also have the ability to inspect ModelMetadata to perform additional customizations.
Read about Model metadata here:
http://bradwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/aspnet-mvc-2-templates-part-2-modelmetadata.html