Do i need partial view compulsary to add devExpress Gridview

Question

 Am new to devExpress, 

am binded data to devExpress gridview from database by right clicking in view  and selected   insert devExpress Mvc Extensions.

 

It is created partial view and controller code automatically , and it is working fine.

i have some doubts.

 

1.How to bind data to grid manually (not selecting insert devExpress Mvc Extensions)

 

2. Is adding partial view compulsary to work with DevExpress