Using Shared Layouts with Razor Pages

Learn about utilizing ASP.NET Core layouts for efficient management, demonstrating through creating a layout.

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Method to use layouts
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Most websites have more than one page. If every page had to contain all of the current boilerplate markup in index.cshtml, that would become a pain to manage. So, ASP.NET Core has a feature named layouts.

Method to use layouts

To use layouts, we must create a Razor file to define the default layout for all Razor Pages (and all MVC views) and store it in a Shared folder to easily find it by convention. The name of this file can be anything because we will specify it, but _Layout.cshtml is good practice. We must also create a specially named file to set the default layout file for all Razor Pages (and all MVC views). This file must be ...

1.Introduction

2.Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

3.Speaking C#

4.Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exception

5.Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

6.Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

7.Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

8.Packaging and Distributing .NET Types

9.Working with Common .NET Types

10.Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

11.Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core

12.Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

13.Introducing Web Development Using ASP.NET Core

14.Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

15.Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern

16.Building and Consuming Web Services

17.Building User Interfaces Using Blazor

18.Conclusion

Using Shared Layouts with Razor Pages

Method to use layouts