Difference Between Viewresult() and ActionResult()
ActionResult is an abstract class that can have several subtypes: a) ViewResult - Renders a specifed view to the response stream b) PartialViewResult - Renders a specifed partial view to the response stream c) EmptyResult - An empty response is returned d) RedirectResult - Performs an HTTP redirection to a specifed URL e) RedirectToRouteResult - Performs an HTTP redirection to a URL that is determined by the routing engine, based on given route data f) JsonResult - Serializes a given ViewData object to JSON format g) JavaScriptResult - Returns a piece of JavaScript code that can be executed on the client h) ContentResult - Writes content to the response stream without requiring a view i) FileContentResult - Returns a fle to the client j) FileStreamResult - Returns a fle to the client, which is provided by a Stream k) FilePathResult - Returns a fle to the client You should use ViewResult to make code more readable and find bugs easier, but there can be other benefits too. Since I use PO...