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title: View compilation | Microsoft Docs
author: rick-anderson
description: View compilation
keywords: ASP.NET Core,view compilation, pre-compilation, precompilation
ms.author: riande
manager: wpickett
ms.date: 03/24/2017
ms.topic: article
ms.assetid: ab4705b7-1638-1638-bc97-ea7f292fe92a
ms.technology: aspnet
ms.prod: asp.net-core
uid: mvc/views/view-compilation
---
# View compilation

By [Rick Anderson](https://twitter.com/RickAndMSFT)

# View compilation

Razor views are compiled at runtime when the view is invoked. ASP.NET Core 1.1.0 and higher can optionally compile Razor views and deploy them with the app. To do this set `MvcRazorCompileOnPublish` to true and include a package reference to `Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation`. The following *.csproj* sample highlights these settings:

[!code-html[Main](view-compilation\sample\MvcRazorCompileOnPublish.csproj?highlight=5,12)]