Alternative to ViewBag.Title in ASP.NET MVC 3

Question

By default the new project template for ASP.NET MVC 3 adds the following to the default layout (masterpage in razor):

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Answer 1

There is nothing wrong with using ViewBag.Title = "My Title";

All you are doing is use a dynamic property.

The question is really where the information should be "declared".

Ie, where is it most accessible for the purposes at hand.

If it is on a per page basis, then that is the right place.

If, however, the title of the page can be derived from the Model, then you should do that.

In this case, I would probably use a base class for the ViewModel that you use, and create a PageTitle property there that contains the logic to derive the page title from properties in the Model.

So:

In summary, horses for courses and don't be afraid of using dynamic properties... so long as you understand what they are and what they do.