ASP.NET Razor

Razor
Original authorMicrosoft
Developer.NET Foundation
ReleaseJune 2010; 16 years ago (2010-06)
Stable release
3.3.0 / October 23, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-10-23)
Preview release
4.0.0-rc1 / November 18, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-11-18)
Written inC#, VB.NET, HTML
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeWeb application framework
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitewww.asp.net/web-pages
Repositorygithub.com/aspnet/Razor
github.com/aspnet/AspNetWebStack
github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore
Razor file formats
Filename extension
.razor, .cshtml, .vbhtml
Internet media type
text/html
Developed byMicrosoft

Razor is an ASP.NET programming syntax used to create dynamic web pages with the C# or VB.NET programming languages. Razor was introduced in June 2010 and was released for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 in January 2011. Razor is a simple-syntax view engine and was released as part of MVC 3 and the WebMatrix tool set.

Razor became a component of AspNetWebStack and then became a part of ASP.NET Core.

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.[clarification needed] 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. 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. Other advantages that have been noted:

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Introduction to Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core". learn.microsoft.com. 27 September 2024. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Razor/LICENSE.txt at master · aspnet/Razor · GitHub". GitHub. 12 October 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 "ScottGu's Blog - Introducing "Razor" – a new view engine for ASP.NET". asp.net. 3 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  5. 1 2 "MSDN Blogs". msdn.com. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  6. ↑ Chadwick, 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.
  7. ↑ Jon Galloway (19 February 2020). "MVC 3 - Razor View Engine". The Official Microsoft ASP.NET Site. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "ASP.NET MVC View Engine Comparison". stackoverflow.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2016-07-25.