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ADAM FREEMAN, Pro ASP.NET Core MVC , 10.1007/978-1-4842-0397-2_21

21. Views

Adam Freeman

(1)Milton Keynes MK6 3PA, UK

In Chapter 17, you saw how action methods can return ViewResult objects, which tells MVC to render a view and return an HTML response to the client.

Throughout this book, you have seen views being used in many examples already, so you know roughly what they do, but I dig into the details in this chapter.

I begin by showing you how MVC handles ViewResult objects using view engines, including demonstrating how to create a custom view engine. I also describe techniques for working effectively with the built-in Razor view engine, including the use of partial views and layout sections, which are essential topics for ...

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