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ASP.NET Razor
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Razor is an ASP.NET programming syntax used to create dynamic web pages with the C# or VB.NET programming languages. Razor was in development in June 2010cite-ref-introducingrazor-4-0[4] and was released for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 in January 2011.cite-ref-razorsyntaxsupport-5-0[5] Razor is a simple-syntax view engine and was released as part of MVC 3 and the WebMatrix tool set.cite-ref-razorsyntaxsupport-5-1[5]

Razor became a component of AspNetWebStack and then became a part of ASP.NET Core.cite-ref-6[6]

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Design

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Design

The Razor syntax is a template markup syntax, based on the C# programming language, that enables the programmer to use an HTML construction workflow. Instead of using the ASP.NET Web Forms (.aspx) markup syntax with <%= %> symbols to indicate code blocks, Razor syntax starts code blocks with an @ character and does not require explicit closing of the code-block.

The idea behind Razor is to provide an optimized syntax for HTML generation using a code-focused templating approach, with minimal transition between HTML and code.cite-ref-mvc3rve-7-0[7] The design reduces the number of characters and keystrokes, and enables a more fluid coding workflow by not requiring explicitly denoted server blocks within the HTML code.cite-ref-introducingrazor-4-1[4] Other advantages that have been noted:cite-ref-pro1-8-0[8]

• Supports IntelliSense – statement completion support
• Supports "layouts" – an alternative to the "master page" concept in classic Web Forms (.aspx)

See also

Blazor

References

cite-note-11. "Microsoft ASP.NET Razor". NuGet.
cite-note-22. "Introduction to Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core". learn.microsoft.com. 27 September 2024.
cite-note-33. "Razor/LICENSE.txt at master · aspnet/Razor · GitHub". GitHub. 12 October 2022.
cite-note-introducingrazor-44. "ScottGu's Blog - Introducing "Razor" – a new view engine for ASP.NET". asp.net. 3 July 2010.
cite-note-razorsyntaxsupport-55. "MSDN Blogs". msdn.com. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
cite-note-66. citerefchadwick2011Chadwick, Jess (9 September 2011). Programming Razor: Tools for Templates in ASP.NET MVC or WebMatrix. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 978-1-4493-1716-4.
cite-note-mvc3rve-77. citerefjon-galloway2020Jon Galloway (19 February 2020). "MVC 3 - Razor View Engine". The Official Microsoft ASP.NET Site.
cite-note-pro1-88. "ASP.NET MVC View Engine Comparison". stackoverflow.com.

External links

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of:

.NET Development Foundation

• Introduction to Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core at Microsoft Docs

• ASP.NET Web Pages at Microsoft Docs

• Overview of ASP.NET Core MVC at Microsoft Docs

• ASP.NET MVC at Microsoft Docs

• Razor on GitHub (archived). Current development is held at aspnetcore on GitHub