View Components, View Models, and Partial Views
The customer example presented thus far shows working with a complete model class (Customer) and single views (Index, Create, Edit) that represent a full page. However, there are times when you need to reuse part of a view across different pages. For these occasions, ASP.NET allows you to create partial views and the new view components. Similarly, you may find yourself needing only a portion of a model class or a mix of a couple different objects and their properties. This is often the result of a specific view that does not map well to your individual model classes. In this case, you can create a view model. Let’s take a look at each of these modular components.
Partial View
A partial view is ...
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