Use razor/asp.net mvc3 to generate static html pages?

Question

For one projet, I\'ve to generate static .html pages, which are gonna to be published on a remote server.

I\'ve to automate the creation of those files from a c# cod

Answer 1

You can use the Razor Engine (NuGet-link, their website), This way you can create templates from a console application without using asp.net MVC.

I use it as follows:

public string ParseFile(string fileName, T model) {
    var file = File.OpenText(fileName);
    var sb = new StringBuilder();
    string line;
    while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
    {
        // RazorEngine does not recognize the @model line, remove it
        if (!line.StartsWith("@model ", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
            sb.AppendLine(line);
        }
        file.Close();

        // Stuff to make sure we get unescaped-Html back:
        var config = new FluentTemplateServiceConfiguration(
                    c => c.WithEncoding(RazorEngine.Encoding.Raw));

        string result;
        using (var service = new TemplateService(config))
        {
            return service.Parse(sb.ToString(), model);
        }
    }
}