Razor View Engine Quirks in VB.NET

Question

I just downloaded the MVC 3.0 RC and I\'m excited to start using it, especially the Razor view engine. However, due to a few stick in the mud type people here, we are stuck

Answer 1

UPDATE:

You can use @li@genreName/li without the : because your HTML tags are self closing, if they weren't then you would need to use @: but you do not, this is clarified in the link provided by Gabe. Also, @ will also work! I would hate for people to think they need to use @: all the time because they don't, if this were the case I'd be onto Andrew nurse about this hardcore :) END UPDATE

Here is the basic syntax for vb razor,

The @ character starts inline expressions, single-statement blocks, and multi-statement blocks:

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@Code  Dim total = 7  End Code

@Code  Dim myMessage = "Hello World" End Code

 

The value of your account is: @total 

The value of myMessage is: @myMessage

        
     


@Code

    Dim greeting = "Welcome to our site!"

    Dim weekDay = DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek

    Dim greetingMessage = greeting & " Today is: " & weekDay.ToString()

End Code

The greeting is: @greetingMessage

So it should work, just close code mode at the end of the for each line and your back in HTML, this would avoid you using the @: - hunt to ellon, I think he is trying to not have to use @: