title: MVC - why use ActionLink instead of hard coding the link?
body: <p>Microsoft MVC, Razor, Visual Studio 2013</p>
  
  <p>I can create a link using either of these 2 methods. Is there any benefits in using the Html.ActionLink method, as I cannot see any ?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a href="/Review/MyReviews"&gt;My Reviews&lt;/a&gt;
  
  @Html.ActionLink(linkText:="My Reviews", controllerName:="Review", actionName:="MyReviews")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>thanks,
  John</p>