Helper methods are useful in rendering the HTML in the view. These methods will GENERATE an HTML output as a part of the view. They need less coding as it can be reused across the views, so it is advantageous over HTML ELEMENTS. The different built-in helper methods are available that can be used for GENERATING the HTML for a few most commonly used HTML elements such as dropdown list, FORM, checkbox, etc. Along with this, it is also possible to create our own helper methods for custom HTML generation.

A few STANDARD helper methods in MVC are given-below:

• BeginForm: Used for rendering the HTML form tag
• TextArea: Used for rendering the text area
• TextBox: Used for rendering the text box
• CheckBox: Used for rendering the check box
• ListBox: Used for rendering the list box
• DropDownList: Used for rendering the drop-down list
• Password: Used for rendering the textBox for password input
• Hidden: Used for rendering the hidden field
• RadioButton: Used for rendering the radio button
• ActionLink: Used for rendering the anchor.