ASP.NET MVC form without helper - asp.net-mvc

Question

I would like to create a form in my asp.net MVC website, without using HTML helpers like #Html.EditorFor()...
I also want to use Jquery Mobile.
#using (Html.BeginForm()) {
#Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<fieldset data-role="controlgroup" data-iconpos="right">
<legend>Languages :</legend>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox-h-6a" id="checkbox-h-6a">
<label for="checkbox-h-6a"></label>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox-h-6b" id="checkbox-h-6b">
<label for="checkbox-h-6b">French</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox-h-6c" id="checkbox-h-6c">
<label for="checkbox-h-6c">German</label>
</fieldset>
}
I would like to use it with my model. (for ex. "bool UseEnglish", "bool UseFrench",..)
How can I do it simply ?

Answer 1

The only thing the helpers really do is abstract the name attributes of the form fields away. If you don't want to use the helpers, you will just have to make sure the name attributes are set to the right thing so that they will match up to your model after POST.
For simple properties, the name is just the property name, so given:
public string Foo { get; set; }
You'd have an input like:
<input type="text" name="Foo">
For things like complex types or reference navigation properties, you'll just chain the property names together until you're at the level you need, so given:
public Foo Foo { get; set; }
And:
public class Foo
{
public string Bar { get; set; }
}
You'll end up with:
<input type="text" name="Foo.Bar">
Finally, for list-style properties, you'll just add an index, so given:
public List<string> Foos { get; set; }
Then:
<input type="text" name="Foos[0]">
<input type="text" name="Foos[1]">
<input type="text" name="Foos[2]">
And of course, you can put all of these principles together to model any relationship:
public List<Foo> Foos { get; set; }
Then:
<input type="text" name="Foos[0].Bar">