Question

Mention three ways to pass data between the controllers and views, and when to use each of them?

Answer 1

ViewData: It is available for the current request only and requires typecasting for complex data type.

ViewBag: Dynamic property that takes advantage of the new dynamic features in C# 4.0, also available for the current request only. If redirection occurs, then its value becomes null and doesn’t require typecasting for complex data type.

TempData: used to pass data from the current request to the next request, keeps the information for the time of an HTTP Request. This means only from one page to another.