Advantages Of Razor Syntax And Difference Between @Html.Editorfor And @Html.TextBoxFor

In this blog, you will learn about the advantages of Razor syntax and the difference between @Html.Editorfor and @Html.TextBoxFor.

First of all, we will look into some of the main advantages of use of Razor syntax.

• It is light weight and it has a simple syntax.
• It is easier to understand Razor syntax as compared to ASPX view engine syntax.
• Provides automatic encoding of HTML output.
• Razor syntax code is more succinct.
• Provides great readability of markup and code.

Let us see the difference between @Html.Editorfor and @Html.TextBoxFor in Razor syntax ASP.NET MVC.

Code snippet for MVC model 

The MODEL in MVC app is given below. 

public class ExternalLoginUser
{
    [Required]
    [Display(Name = "User name")]
    public string UserName {
        get;
        set;
    }
    [Display(Name = "Is User Active?")]
    public bool IsActive {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

Now, let us see the actual difference.

Html.EditorFor,

Razor syntax code snippet for Html.EditorFor

Explanation

1. @Html.EditorFor(model => model. UserName)
   For the line given above, it renders a textbox for UserName model property.
   
   
2. @Html.EditorFor(model => model. IsActive)
   For the line given above, it renders a checkbox control for IsActive model property, since model property is a kind of Boolean result.

Razor syntax code snippet for Html.TextBoxFor,

Html.TextBoxFor,

• @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model. UserName)
• @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model. IsActive)

Explanation

In this, it renders the textbox control for both UserName and IsActive model properties.