Html Textbox VS Html TextboxFor

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What is the difference between Html Textbox and Html TextboxFor

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The TextBoxFor is a newer MVC input extension introduced in MVC2   The main benefit of the newer strongly typed extensions is to show any errors   warnings at compile-time rather than runtime   See this page   http   weblogs asp net scottgu archive 2010 01 10 asp-net-mvc-2-strongly-typed-html-helpers aspx

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IMO the main difference is that Textbox is not strongly typed  TextboxFor take a lambda as a parameter that tell the helper the with element of the model to use in a typed view    You can do the same things with both  but you should use typed views and TextboxFor when possible

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Html TextBox amd Html DropDownList are not strongly typed and hence they doesn t require a strongly typed view  This means that we can hardcode whatever name we want  On the other hand  Html TextBoxFor and Html DropDownListFor are strongly typed and requires a strongly typed view  and the name is inferred from the lambda expression   Strongly typed HTML helpers also provide compile time checking   Since  in real time  we mostly use strongly typed views  prefer to use Html TextBoxFor and Html DropDownListFor over their counterparts    Whether  we use Html TextBox  amp  Html DropDownList OR Html TextBoxFor  amp  Html DropDownListFor  the end result is the same  that is they produce the same HTML   Strongly typed HTML helpers are added in MVC2

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Ultimately they both produce the same HTML but Html TextBoxFor   is strongly typed where as Html TextBox isn t   1    Html TextBox  Name   2   Html TextBoxFor m   gt  m Name    will both produce   lt input id  Name  name  Name  type  text    gt    So what does that mean in terms of use   Generally two things    The typed TextBoxFor will generate your input names for you  This is usually just the property name but for properties of complex types can include an underscore such as  customer name  Using the typed TextBoxFor version will allow you to use compile time checking  So if you change your model then you can check whether there are any errors in your views    It is generally regarded as better practice to use the strongly typed versions of the HtmlHelpers that were added in MVC2

[asp.net-mvc] Html.Textbox VS Html.TextboxFor

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