“if” considered harmful in ASP.NET MVC View (.aspx) files?

Question

I remember seeing a blog (or something) that said you should not use <% if ... %> in .aspx files in ASP.NET MVC, but I can\'t remember what it said the alternative is. Can a

Answer 1

Basically what it means is that you shouldn't have huge if statements in your Views, your Controllers and ViewModels should be able to handle the logic. Example:

    <% if (ViewData["category"] == null { %>
        All Products
    <% } else { % >
        <%= ViewData["category"] %>
    <% } %>

Should be:

    <%= Html.GetPageTitle(Model.Category) %>