What is difference between partial view and strongly view

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What is the difference between partial view and strongly view.

Nilesh Jadav · Answer

Hi there ! This answer might help you : A partial view is nothing more than a piece of Html that you can keep in a separate file that you can reuse in other views. Sort of like UserControls in ASP.NET WebForms. A Strongly Typed view means it has a ViewModel associated to it that the controller is passing to it and all the elements in that View can use those ViewModel properties You can have strongly typed partials as well. Meaning that piece of Html needs specific data so you type it to a certain ViewModel Here is an example of a Strongly Typed View @modelSomeViewModel... //allthehtmlcomesafter A view that is not strongly typed does not have a @model SomeViewModel line Here's an example of a controller action that renders a normal view without a ViewModel public ActionResultIndex(){ return View();} Here's one that renders a strongly typed View public ActionResultIndex(){varmodel= new SomeViewModel(); return View(model);} And the view makes use of that ViewModel by having the @model SomeViewModel at the top of the file. So now that the view has a ViewModel I can display elements that are bound to the ViewModel like @Html.TextBoxFor(m=>m.FirstName)@Html.CheckBoxFor(m=>m.IsAwesome) So any data entered into those fields are bound to the ViewModel. When the user clicks the submit button those entered values get sent back to the server. As I said before partial view is a reusable piece of Html. So in that same view I can add in my partial. Let's say I have a partial view that contains a standard bit of Html that I want to reuse all over my site like a Footer I can create a .cshtml file and put this inside it < div > footertexthere And then include it on any View doesn't matter if it's strongly typed or not it's just reusable Html @modelSomeViewModel@Html.TextBoxFor(m=>m.FirstName)@Html.CheckBoxFor(m=>m.IsAwesome){@Html.RenderPartial( MyFooter )} There are other sources too from where you can get answer check out below : 1) http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/821330/Work-with-Partial-view-in-MVC-framework 2)http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/article/105/asp-net-mvc-partial-views-and-strongly-typed-custom-viewmodels Hope that might helps you !