<s>
Razor	O
is	O
an	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
programming	O
syntax	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
dynamic	O
web	O
pages	O
with	O
the	O
C#	B-Application
or	O
VB.NET	B-Language
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Razor	O
is	O
a	O
simple-syntax	O
view	O
engine	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
MVC	B-Language
3	O
and	O
the	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
tool	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Razor	O
became	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
AspNetWebStack	O
and	O
then	O
became	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Razor	O
syntax	O
is	O
a	O
template	O
markup	O
syntax	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
C#	B-Application
programming	O
language	O
,	O
that	O
enables	O
the	O
programmer	O
to	O
use	O
an	O
HTML	B-Language
construction	O
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
using	O
the	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Web	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
(	O
.aspx	B-Application
)	O
markup	O
syntax	O
with	O
<%= %>	O
symbols	O
to	O
indicate	O
code	O
blocks	O
,	O
Razor	O
syntax	O
starts	O
code	O
blocks	O
with	O
an	O
@	O
character	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
explicit	O
closing	O
of	O
the	O
code-block	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
behind	O
Razor	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
optimized	O
syntax	O
for	O
HTML	B-Language
generation	O
using	O
a	O
code-focused	O
templating	O
approach	O
,	O
with	O
minimal	O
transition	O
between	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
reduces	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
characters	O
and	O
keystrokes	O
,	O
and	O
enables	O
a	O
more	O
fluid	O
coding	O
workflow	O
by	O
not	O
requiring	O
explicitly	O
denoted	O
server	O
blocks	O
within	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
