As Bootstrap offers a variety of different components, it lends itself perfectly towards the use of helpers. The simplest form of helper in ASP.NET MVC is the one that you can create using the @helper syntax. A custom helper can include any HTML or even Razor markup. To create a simple helper method to generate a Bootstrap button, complete the following steps:
Create a new folder called
App_Codeinside the root folder of your website.Create a new file called
BootstrapHelpers.cshtmlinside the newly createdApp_Codefolder.Add the following code to the
BootstrapHelper.cshtmlfile:@helper PrimaryButtonSmall(string id,string caption) { <button id="@id" type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">@caption</button> }This code employs the
@helpersyntax to create a new helper calledPrimaryButtonSmall. The helper accepts two parameters in order to specify theidattribute of thebuttonelement as well as the button'scaptionelement. We've added appropriate...