What is the convenience of html helpers in asp.net over normal html markup?

Question

ASP.NET

I started to study asp.net mvc, the essence of html helpers for generating standard elements is not very clear.
Should I use whichever is more convenient (helpers or html markup) or are there standards?
Strictly typed helpers are not taken into account.

Answer 1

Ability to customize editors for individual views. Sometimes it just looks better than manually generating HTML (the same dropdowns). For everything else, it's just general consistency with typed helpers.
Although, they are often avoided altogether in favor of small inclusions in HTML and PartialViews. Moreover, ASP.NET Core is already following the classic templating path - it uses special attributes (TagHelpers).