I am using a new MVC 4 Internet application template with Visual Studio 2012. I have installed the Nuget package for MVC 4 Futures. In my _Layout.cshtml I am
_Layout.cshtml
@(Html.ActionLink<CustomersController>(x => x.Index(), "Customers"))
The Basics – (Strongly-Typed) Linking to MVC Actions
This question covers it loosely.