Get child node by name in Umbraco 7.x - umbraco7

Question

I have a page that has a child node named "Widgets". I want to render that child's template at a certain section in my page template. Currently, I do this:
#{
foreach (var child in CurrentPage.Children)
{
if (child.Name == "Widgets")
{
#Umbraco.RenderTemplate(child.Id)
}
}
}
Is there a way to avoid having to loop through the children like this?
I've also discovered I can do this:
#{
#Umbraco.RenderTemplate(
Model.Content.Children
.Where(x => x.Name == "Widgets")
.Select(x => x.Id)
.FirstOrDefault())
}
But I was really hoping there was a more terse way to do this, since I may want to do it in several places on a given page.

Answer 1

Yes, you could use Examine.
However, I would strongly object to this practice, because the user is able to change the Name of a node, and thus possibly breaking your code.
I would create a special document type and search the node using the document type. There are several (fast) ways to do that:
#Umbraco.ContentByXPath("//MyDocType") // this returns a dynamic variable
#Umbraco.TypedContentSingleByXPath("//MyDocType") // this returns a typed objects
#Model.Content.Descendants("MyDocType")
// and many other ways

Answer 2

Yes on the same Idea of accepted answer
Following code worked for me.
var currentPageNode = Library.NodeById(#Model.Id);
#if(#currentPageNode.NodeTypeAlias == "ContactMst")
{
<div>Display respective data...</div>
}

Answer 3

As mention not good practice. Rather find nodes by their type and use the alias of the document type in your code. If for whatever reason you need a particular node, rather give it a property and look for the property. Sample code below
if (Model.Content.Children.Any())
{
if (Model.Content.Children.Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias.Equals("aliasOfCorrespondingDocumentType")).Any())
{
// gives you the child nodes underneath the current page of particular document type with alias "aliasOfCorrespondingDocumentType"
IEnumerable<IPublishedContent> childNodes = Model.Content.Children.Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias.Equals("aliasOfCorrespondingDocumentType"));
foreach (IPublishedContent childNode in childNodes)
{
// check if this child node has your property
if (childNode.HasValue("aliasOfYourProperty"))
{
// get the property value
string myProp = childNode.aliasOfYourProperty.ToString();
// continue what you need to do
}
}
}
}