>You're looking at an older version of MVC. You'll want to find examples using a new version that uses the Razor view engine (maybe Craig can clarify which version first contained Razor).
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>And you'll want to run the site in the debugger. And a view does not need a Model.
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View does need a model. I believe Razor syntax was introduced in MVC 3.0
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