Razor Pages & Views Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of a Razor Layout page in ASP.NET Core?
Answer: To define shared HTML structure like headers and footers reused across multiple views
Layout pages define a common HTML structure (headers, footers, navigation) that multiple content views can share, eliminating repetition.
Which file is conventionally used to set a default layout for all Razor views in a folder and its subfolders?
Answer: _ViewStart.cshtml
_ViewStart.cshtml executes before any view in the same folder and is typically used to set the Layout property globally.
What does calling @RenderBody() inside a Razor Layout page accomplish?
Answer: It inserts the content page's HTML at that location within the layout
@RenderBody() is the placeholder in a layout where the child content page's unique HTML markup is rendered.
How do named sections work between a layout page and a content page?
Answer: @RenderSection() in the layout renders a section defined with @section in the content page
@RenderSection('Name') in the layout defines where the section renders; @section Name { } in the content page supplies the HTML for that section.
What is the purpose of _ViewImports.cshtml in an ASP.NET Core project?
Answer: To share @using directives and @addTagHelper registrations across all views in a folder
_ViewImports.cshtml provides shared @using, @addTagHelper, and other directives to all views in its folder and subfolders, avoiding repetition.
Which mechanisms can pass data from a Razor Pages PageModel to its view beyond the strongly-typed Model property?
Answer: ViewData, ViewBag, and TempData are all valid options
ViewData (dictionary), ViewBag (dynamic wrapper over ViewData), and TempData all provide ways to pass data from a PageModel to its view.
When using a standard HTML in a Razor Page without any asp-page attribute, where does the form submit to by default?
Answer: The current Razor Page's OnPost handler
In Razor Pages, a form with method='post' automatically targets the current page's OnPost handler method by default.