Where should I place Declarative HTML helpers in ASP.NET MVC 3

Question

I\'m trying to make a declarative HTML Helper as specified in ScottGu\'s Razor post, but I\'m not having much luck. I tried putting a Helpers.cshtml file with a DateTimeHelp

Answer 1

To use the "@helper" feature in Razor you need to place the CSHTML file in the App_Code folder of your app. There is no "Views/Helpers" folder in ASP.NET MVC 3. ScottGu's blog post was written before the feature was fully implemented, and some of the notes there are not entirely accurate anymore.

To call the "@helper" that you wrote you have to include both the filename as well as the name of the helper inside it. For example, if you have this helper:

~/App_Code/MyHelper.cshtml

And this content:

@helper ShowStuff(string stuff) {
    <p>@stuff</p>
}

Then you call it like so:

@MyHelper.ShowStuff("some stuff!")