What is the proper way to handle forms in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

Forms + ASP.NET MVC = Confusing for me:

1. What are the preferred ways to setup your controller action for form posts?

   • Do I need to specify an attribute that has [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]?
   • Should the controller action take a "FormCollection" or should I use ModelBinders?
   • If I should use ModelBinders, how?

2. How do I setup the form in the view?

   • Should I use the Html helpers like Html.BeginForm/Html.EndForm or simply specify the form tag myself?
   • How do you specify the controller and action to be used in a form (with either the Html helpers or with a manual form tag)?

Can somebody please show me both a simple view with a form ~and~ its corresponding controller action?

I'm trying to write a form with a single textbox that I can submit to the Home/Create action and pass the string from the textbox to it.

Answer 1

The template's AccountController.LogOn and .Register methods along with the corresponding views should give you the simple introduction you need.

Answer 2

ScottGu's handling form edit and post scenarios is exactly what you're looking for. There's also form posting scenarios and even though it was written for preview 5, it's still mostly valid.