Comments on: ASP.NET MVC Extension Methods of UrlHelper

By: dervlap

dervlap — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:54:10 +0000

Just for info,

You can call it with Url and not UrlHelper and do not forget to remove any namespace where the extensions are.

By: Handy Extension Methods for ASP.NET MVC’s UrlHelper | OOP - Object Oriented Programing

Tue, 04 May 2010 21:19:26 +0000

[...] Chambaud posted three extension methods he created for UrlHelper: Image(), Stylesheet() and Script(). They make it pretty easy to [...]

By: Marlon Maulsby

Marlon Maulsby — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:14:37 +0000

@Mike, Thank you for the Response Mike. However I had already included that namespace. The error I received, is saying that the ‘System.Web.Mvc.UrlHelper’ does not contain a definition for ‘Routename’. My first assumption is that the URLhelper is not properly extended.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:07:59 +0000

@Marlon You should only need System.Web.Mvc

By: Marlon Maulsby

Marlon Maulsby — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:27:40 +0000

what namespaces do I need to include in order for this to function as is implied here?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:52:16 +0000

@Chris, Like Seth said, using Helpers make a much nicer markup and it will help you make changes quickly in the future.

By: Seth Petry-Johnson

Seth Petry-Johnson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:12:52 +0000

I do this all the time. In fact, if I have commonly used images (like status icons) I’ll often create an Enum for them and then create a helper that knows how to convert that enum to its correct image path.

@Chris, the point is that he’s decoupling the name of a resource from the specific place it’s stored on disk. This has a few benefits:

1) Easier to read the markup, especially if the resource paths are very long.

2) Easier to change resource locations over time. I’d rather change one helper than do a text search/replace over my site.

3) Easier to add “skinning” ability to the site. To implement user-specific skins, you’d need only update the helper methods to read in the current user profile and use the appropriate skin directory. No changes needed to the markup code.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:37:04 +0000

Seems a tad daft using code for a very static element…

Nice example of how to make other helpers though

By: Jeff Fritz

Jeff Fritz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:28:44 +0000

Personally, I like to add UrlHelper extensions for some of my more commonly used routes.. it helps to clarify my ASPX code

By: kvr

kvr — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:09:06 +0000

I like the Image extension method, but if you use the StyleSheet or Script method you loose intellisense in Visual Studio.