Html.Partial vs Html.RenderPartial & Html.Action vs Html.RenderAction

Question

In ASP.NET MVC, what is the difference between:

• Html.Partial and Html.RenderPartial
• Html.Action and Html.

Answer 1

Here is what I have found:

Use RenderAction when you do not have a model to send to the view and have a lot of html to bring back that doesn't need to be stored in a variable.

Use Action when you do not have a model to send to the view and have a little bit of text to bring back that needs to be stored in a variable.

Use RenderPartial when you have a model to send to the view and there will be a lot of html that doesn't need to be stored in a variable.

Use Partial when you have a model to send to the view and there will be a little bit of text that needs to be stored in a variable.

RenderAction and RenderPartial are faster.