Does Razor needs MVC3 or can I use it only with .NET?

I am newbie for template engines Just I am curious is it possible to use Razor without MVC ? I want to use a template 开发者_Python百科engine in .NET. I have looked at the NVelocity but razor seems more understandable to me

Well, not really. Razor view engine is built on top of ASP.Net but it doesn't depend on MVC framework.

You can use it in a console app if you wish.

Here's a good article demonstrating the use outside of MVC: http://buildstarted.com/2010/09/29/razor-view-engine-without-mvc-at-all/

and another one here from Andrew Nurse: http://vibrantcode.com/blog/2010/7/22/using-the-razor-parser-outside-of-aspnet.html

You can check out RazorEngine:

A templating engine built upon Microsoft's Razor parsing technology. The RazorEngine allows you to use Razor syntax to build robust templates