“if” considered harmful in ASP.NET MVC View (.aspx

Question

I remember seeing a blog (or something) that said you should not use <% if ... %> in .aspx files in ASP.NET MVC, but I can't remember what it said the alternative is. Can anyone remember seeing this and point me to it?

Answer 1

I think what you're referring to is a post by Rob Conery, where he mentions a rule he uses:

If there's an if, make a helper

So to answer your question, the idea is that if you find yourself needing to use if in your View, you should consider adding a helper extension method to render that part of your View instead.