Razor Syntax in ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1

[JanezStupar]

It seems funny that .NET got their own @formula engine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_language).

I like subtle nods and references by MS towards Lotus Notes since Ray Ozzie went to MS - or is it only in my head?

[StrawberryFrog]

It's an unsubtle nod to spark http://sparkviewengine.com/

[drawkbox]

ASP.NET is finally getting the idea of alternative template engines. That is one great point about Python, Ruby, PHP etc is there are many template alternatives for all levels of simplifying templates so that they aren't so glued to the controller or renderer.

This makes it easy to swap out basic html/javascript templates and use them in complex systems without mounds of work.

[Daishiman]

Ruby and Python templating engines are better.

[some1else]

Haml/Sass is the best thing that happened to my view layer (next to wonderful Ruby blocks, iterators and chaining)

[kennedywm]

How so? I haven't used them and I wouldn't mind reading a comparison.

[ryanpetrich]

Yet another ASP.NET flavor?

[StrawberryFrog]

Well, yes. Which is better: options, plugins and experimentation; or only one way to do it?

[cesarsalazar12]

I'm not against ASP.NET or this Razor syntax, but is this really HN material? Honestly folks, I'm clueless about how this got to the front page.

[vyrotek]

We also sort of already discussed this on the author's last submission. - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1641578