I noticed today that both namespaces System.Web.Mvc and System.Web.WebPages.Html have a SelectListItem. What is the difference between the too and is there times you should use one over the other?
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System.Web.Mvc is specific to the MVC framework.
System.Web.WebPages.Html is for use with Web Pages that use Razor.
To be honest I've never used them in Web Pages but the examples I have seen they look identical, I just remember to never select the WebPages namespace.
There is an example available here:
http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/184/HTML-Helpers-For-Forms-In-Razor-Web-Pages
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So in the controller for my MVC web app (using Razor on the views) which one should I go with? – Matthew Verstraete Jan 25 '14 at 20:04
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Always go with the System.Web.Mvc. :) – hutchonoid Jan 25 '14 at 20:05
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3Actually, both classes are identical according to the Microsoft docs here. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc(v=vs.99).aspx I'd still use the mvc namespace though for the above reasons. – hutchonoid Jan 25 '14 at 20:09