Sharepoint C# HTML Trick: Is this fluent programming or sleazy hack?

The challenge: writing custom sharepoint web-parts can be painful because there is no inline code markup. (and I'm NOT using the "smart part" )

How to write HTML using nothing but C#?
HTML is a tree just like any other AST.

This is the code I wanted to write:

<asp:Table Width="100%">
        <asp:TableRow>
            <asp:TableCell Width="100%" CssClass="headerRow">Alphabetical Search</asp:TableCell>
        </asp:TableRow>
        <asp:TableRow>
            <asp:TableCell Width="100%">
                <asp:GridView runat="server" Width="100%" />
            </asp:TableCell>
        </asp:TableRow>
    </asp:Table>

This is the code equivalent (plus databinding) using fluent constructors using C#:

protected override void CreateChildControls()

        {

            var dataFeed = new List

                               {

                                   "one",

                                   "two",

                                   "three"

                               };

            var gridView = new GridView

                               {

                                   Width = new Unit("100%"),

                                   DataSource = dataFeed,

                                   Visible = true

                               };

            gridView.DataBind();

            var table = new Table

                            {

                                Width = new Unit("100%"),

                                Rows =

                                    {

                                        new TableRow

                                            {

                                                Cells =

                                                    {

                                                        new TableCell

                                                            {

                                                                Text = "Alphabetical Search",

                                                                CssClass = "headerRow"

                                                            }

                                                    }

                                            },

                                        new TableRow

                                            {

                                                Cells =

                                                    {

                                                        new TableCell

                                                            {

                                                                Controls =

                                                                    {

                                                                        gridView 

                                                                    }

                                                            }

                                                    }

                                            }

                                    }

                            };

            Controls.Add(table);

            base.CreateChildControls();

        }

Nothing earth shattering here, but I actually dont mind using this syntax. This is the result:







Do you like it?