How do I get over my fears of <% %> in my ASP.Net MVC markup?

Question

So I totally buy into the basic tenents of ASP.NET, testability, SoC, HTML control...it\'s awesome. However being new to it I have a huge hang up with the markup. I know it co

Answer 1

use server side comments <%-- comment --%> to separate blocks and increase readability. use extra line spacing to separate blocks too (SO seems to be killing off my line spacing here for some reason).

        <%-- Go through each testimonial --%>
        <% foreach (var testimonial in ViewData.Model.Testimonials) { %>

        

            
<%= testimonial.summaryText %>


            <%-- Show video if available --%>
            <% if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(testimonial.Video.FullURL) == false) { %>

            

                <% Html.RenderAction("YouTubeControl", "Application", new { youTubeId = testimonial.Video.FullURL }); %>
            

            <% } %>

            

                
<%= testimonial.TestimonialText %>
            

            
<%= testimonial.name %>
        

        <% } %>