Mocking HtmlHelper in ASP.NET MVC 2 and 3 using Moq

Still having trouble mocking HtmlHelper? This is an update to my previous post on mocking HtmlHelper way back when ASP.NET MVC RC1 was released. Eric notified me through a comment on the post and a question on StackOverflow that the code for ASP.NET MVC RC1 did not work with ASP.NET MVC 2. The code in this post should work with ASP.NET MVC 2 and ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1.

Mocking HtmlHelper in ASP.NET MVC RC1 using Moq

For those of you trying to mock HtmlHelper, but finding it difficult, here's a mock that works in ASP.NET MVC RC1.

The ViewDataDictionary that is passed to the HtmlHelper can be empty, or made to contain the data you want for your test.