title: How to bind view model data to Kendo DropDownlist without using the html wrapper
body: <p>I am using ASP.NET MVC5. The view takes a model from controller: </p>
  
  <pre><code>    public class IncidentWorkbenchViewModel
      {
          public List&lt;string&gt; ActiveUserList { get; set; }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I figured out how to bind the list to Kendo DropDownList using the Kendo UI for ASP.NET wrapper in the following way: </p>
  
  <pre><code>@(Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(m =&gt; m.ActiveUserList)
      .BindTo(Model.ActiveUserList).Name("selectedUser")))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now I am wondering how I can do the same without using the HTML helper. I think it's better for me to use javascript instead of wrapper for better code separation. </p>