Understanding how ASP.NET Core MVC creates the response HTML

Razor Views

ASP.NET Core MVC uses a language called Razor to define the HTML templates contained in the Views. Razor views are files that are compiled into .NET classes when they’re first used, when the application has been built, or when the application has been published. By default, both pre compilation on each build and on publish are enabled, but you can also enable runtime compilation so that the Views can be modified once they have been deployed. This option can be enabled by checking the Enable Razor runtime compilation checkbox when the project is created in Visual Studio. You can also disable compilation on each build and on publish by adding the following code to the web application project file:

<PropertyGroup>
  <TargetFramework> net8.0 </TargetFramework>
  <!-- add code below -->
  <RazorCompileOnBuild>false</RazorCompileOnBuild>
  <RazorCompileOnPublish...