MVC Widgets, RenderAction, partial views, sub controllers and RenderPartialRequests – Part 1

Have been spending some time on MVC. It is a fascinating technology with very little documentation! Did lot of web search to find the following interesting topics:

1. Partial Requests in ASP.NET MVC by Steve Sanderson
2. Html.RenderAction and Html.Action by Phil Haack
3. ASP.NET MVC Tip #50 – Create View Models by Stephen Walther
4. ASP.NET MVC Partial Views and Strongly Typed Custom ViewModels by Mike Brind
5. ASP.NET MVC and the templated partial view (death to ASCX)  by Jeffery Palermo
6. Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0 by Damon Armstrong
7. SubControllers in ASP.NET MVC by Matt Hinze
8. Quick Tips About ASP.NET MVC – WebPart Framework by Nunos
9. MVC Contrib Portable areas download
10. MVC Widgets with RenderAction  by Steve Michelotti
11. Creating a Stock Widget in ASP.NET MVC Application by Azam Sharp
12. Creating an MVC based website with reusable widgets by Geert van der Cruijsen