title: ASP.NET MVC3 Partial View naming convention
body: <p>I'm new to the MVC development so please bear with me. Is it really necessary to name my partial view like <code>_Action.cshtml</code> (with the <code>_</code> underscore) to comply with the naming convention?</p>
  
  <p>Here's my problem I have a controller (StudentController) and an action (List) that has a partial view file named "List.cshtml", and have </p>
  
  <pre><code>@{ Html.RenderAction("List", "Student"); } 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to display this inside my HomeController - Index view as partial view which works. But if I name my partial view to <code>_List.cshtml</code> of course it will not work. Visual Studio could not even find the view for my action Student - List because it think it's still looking for the exact same name as my action <code>(List.cshtml)</code>. What should I do? </p>
  
  <p>I m so used to ASP.NET ascx with a pairing ascx.cs code. :(</p>