What am I misunderstanding about how Html.TextBoxFor works

Question

I\'m just trying to get back into .NET MVC with the new release and I can\'t get my head round the way may view is binding to the DataModel.

I have a model with a pr

Answer 1

This should work for the first two:

<%= Html.TextBox("first_name", x => x.first_name)%>
<%= Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.first_name) %>