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

For "partial" I always use it as follows:

If there's something you need to include in a page that you need to go via the controller (like you would with an Ajax call) then use "Html.RenderPartial".

If you have a 'static' include that isn't linked to a controller per-se and just in the 'shared' folder for example, use "HTML.partial"