I am developing an application in asp mvc and I want to create some friendly developer controls, such as server controls in asp.net WebForms. In this case, I want to create a fixed html bootstrap bar and display the elements inside the template. I do it like this:
public static MvcHtmlString BootPanel<T>(this IEnumerable<T> items, Func<T, HelperResult> template, string title = "")
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("<div class='panel panel-info'>");
sb.Append("<div class='panel-heading'>");
sb.Append(title);
sb.Append("</div>");
sb.Append("<div class='panel-body'>");
var hr = new HelperResult(writer =>
{
foreach (var item in items)
{
template(item).WriteTo(writer);
}
});
sb.Append(hr.ToHtmlString());
sb.Append("</div>");
sb.Append("</div>");
return MvcHtmlString.Create(sb.ToString());
}
This is a razor. View:
@{
var videoGames = new[] {
new VideoGame {nombre = "Shadows of mordor", precio = 66},
new VideoGame {nombre = "Spiderman", precio = 50}
};
}
@videoGames.BootPanel(@<div>
@item.nombre @item.precio
</div>
, "Titulo")
The result is rendered correctly using bootstrap classes:

Question. Is this the right way to implement such control?
EDIT:
Following your answers, I updated the helper using TagBuilder:
public static MvcHtmlString BootPanel<T>(this IEnumerable<T> items, Func<T, HelperResult> template, string title = "")
{
TagBuilder PanelDiv = new TagBuilder("div");
PanelDiv.AddCssClass("panel panel-info");
TagBuilder PanelHeading = new TagBuilder("div");
PanelHeading.AddCssClass("panel-heading");
PanelHeading.SetInnerText(title);
TagBuilder PanelBody = new TagBuilder("div");
PanelBody.AddCssClass("panel-body");
var hr = new HelperResult(writer =>
{
foreach (var item in items)
{
template(item).WriteTo(writer);
}
});
PanelBody.InnerHtml = hr.ToHtmlString();
PanelDiv.InnerHtml = PanelHeading.ToString() +
PanelBody.ToString();
return MvcHtmlString.Create(PanelDiv.ToString());
}
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