What's the difference between RouteLink and ActionLink in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I think that the title pretty much sums it up:

What\'s the difference between RouteLink() and ActionLink() in ASP.NET MVC?

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Answer 1

RouteLink takes the name of a route, so if your route names are reliable and fairly unique then this will be the same even if the action name to be used changes. ActionLink links to a specific action of a specific controller instead. I use both in my views, depending on what kind of link I'm after!