Does Razor syntax provide a compelling advantage in UI markup?

[Disclaimer: I’m one of the Microsoft developers on MVC and Razor, so I might be a bit biased :)] We designed Razor to be a concise templating language that uses only the minimal necessary amount of control characters. I would say that large parts of your views can be expressed with fewer characters than the … Read more

Compare and contrast the lightweight markup languages [closed]

I know of three main languages used commonly in the greater programming and tech community: Textile, Markdown, and reStructuredText. All three can be learned in a couple of hours or “winged” with the cheat sheet nearby. Textile Used by Redmine and the Ruby community 113 questions currently tagged on Stack Overflow The most similar to … Read more

Jade: Links inside a paragraph

As of jade 1.0 there’s an easier way to deal with this, unfortunately I can’t find it anywhere in the official documentation. You can add inline elements with the following syntax: #[a.someClass A Link!] So, an example without going into multiple lines in a p, would be something like: p: #[span this is the start … Read more

How to make PDF file downloadable in HTML link?

This is a common issue but few people know there’s a simple HTML 5 solution: <a href=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/364946/./directory/yourfile.pdf” download=”newfilename”>Download the pdf</a> Where newfilename is the suggested filename for the user to save the file. Or it will default to the filename on the serverside if you leave it empty, like this: <a href=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/364946/./directory/yourfile.pdf” download>Download the pdf</a> … Read more

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