razor and webform controls

See i actually like the razor engine because i feel like i have more control over what is going on.

say you have a list of programming languages:

List<string> list = new List<string>();
list.add("c#");
list.add("javascript");
list.add("jquery");
list.add("java");
list.add("c++");

so in razor, to get this into a gridview all you would have to do is


<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Language Name</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
@foreach(var lang in list)
{
<tr>
<td>@lang></td>
</tr>
}
</tbody>
</table>

Of course there are TONS of html helpers for razor that would make up your "tool box". For example, the above "data grid view" that i've showed, there is actually a html helper to build a grid in the mvc framework.

Here is another link for html helpers/building your own: http://highoncoding.com/Articles/644_Creating_Grid_HTML_Helper_in_ASP_NET_MVC_Framework.aspx

I find myself building some html helpers so that way im not repeating the same HTML over and over, but for the most part everything you would write HTML (like the above sample) has some sort of helper that razor-fys it.

I know what you mean, i did the oppositve, i went from web platform to winforms/wpf so i was use to over complicating things.