Begin Form and Action Link -- MVC Basics

Begin Form helper class help to POST the form content to action method. 

Syntax of Begin Form Helper method

@using (Html.BeginForm ("AddDetails", "Home", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))

{

-----Form Content-----

}

Output the following HTML

<form action="Home/AddDetails" method=POST>

Action Link

Action Link helper method is used to link to an action method.

Syntax of Action Link Helper method

@Html.ActionLink ("Show list", "Index", "Country")

It links to 'Index' method in 'CountryController'.

Output the following HTML 

<a href="Country/Index">Show list</a>