My presentation from SDC 2011.

1. THE BIG COMPARISON
of
ASP.NET MVC View Engines
Shay Friedman

8. ASP.NET MVC

10. Credits: Nestosjp - http://www.flickr.com/photos/68901973@N00/3862119622

12. THE BIG COMPARISON
of
ASP.NET MVC View Engines
WebForms, NHaml, Spark, StringTemplate, Razor

13. Shay Friedman
Co-Founder, Trainer, Consultant
http://IronShay.com | shay@ironshay.com | @ironshay

14. which view engine have you used in production?

15. the facts

16. Web Forms View Engine (ASPX)
since 1996
expressiveness, explicitness

17. StringTemplate
since 2003
Jamison
open-source
true model-view separation

18. NHaml
since 2007
Andrew Peters, Steve Wagner, Simon Cropp
open-source
html is bad

19. Spark
since 2008
Luis DeJardin
open-source
seamless integration with HTML

20. Razor
since 2011
compactness and fluidness

21. the code

22. hello world

25. html encoded not html encoded

26. cast your vote!

27. loops

31. layouts

32. from layout
from page

38. cast your vote!

39. displaying a form

45. DRY!

46. font size text

47. SayHello.ascx
Page.aspx

48. SayHello.st Page.st

49. _sayHello.haml
Page.haml

52. cast your vote!

53. summary

54. resources
ASPX, razor: http://asp.net/mvc
NHaml: http://code.google.com/p/nhaml
Spark: http://sparkviewengine.com/
StringTemplate: http://code.google.com/p/string-template-view-engine-mvc
Slides + code + detailed resource list: http://IronShay.com

55. Shay Friedman | http://IronShay.com | shay@ironshay.com | @ironshay

56. Thank you!
Shay Friedman | http://IronShay.com | shay@ironshay.com | @ironshay