You can enable and disable optimizations by setting EnableOptimizations property of BundleTable class to true or false with in Global.asax.cs file as shown below. protected void Application_Start() { //other code has been removed for clarity //disable optimization System.Web.Optimization.BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = false; }
Style.Render is used to render a bundle of CSS files defined within BundleConfig.cs files. Styles.Render create style tag(s) for the CSS bundle. Like Style.Render, Scripts.Render is also used to render a bundle of Script files by rendering script tag(s) for the Script bundle. public class BundleConfig { public static void… Continue reading
RenderBody method exists in the Layout page to render child page/view. It is just like the ContentPlaceHolder on master page. A layout page can have only one RenderBody method. <body> @RenderBody() @RenderPage(“~/Views/Shared/_Header.cshtml”) @RenderPage(“~/Views/Shared/_Footer.cshtml”) @RenderSection(“scripts”,false) @section scripts{ <script src=”~/Scripts/jquery-1.7.1.min.js”></script> } </body> RenderPage method also exists in the Layout page to render… Continue reading
A section allow you to specify a region of content within a layout. It expects one parameter which is the name of the section. If you don’t provide that, an exception will be thrown. A section in a layout page can be defined by using the following code. @section header{… Continue reading
Layouts are used to maintain a consistent look and feel across multiple views within ASP.NET MVC application. As compared to Web Forms, layouts serve the same purpose as master pages, but offer a simple syntax and greater flexibility. A basic structure of layout is given below: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head>… Continue reading
By default, web browsers allows AJAX calls only to your web application’s site of origin i.e. site hosted server. This restriction help us to prevent various security issues like cross site scripting (XSS) attacks. But, sometimes you need to interact with externally hosted API(s) like Twitter or Google. Hence to… Continue reading
The AjaxOptions class defines properties that allow you to specify callbacks for different stages in the AJAX request life cycle. There are following properties provided by AjaxOptions class for AJAX helpers: Property Description Url Specify the URL that will be requested from the server. Confirm Specify a message that will… Continue reading
ASP.NET MVC supports unobtrusive Ajax which is based on jQuery. The unobtrusive Ajax means that you use helper methods to define your Ajax features, rather than adding blocks of code throughout your views.
AJAX Helpers are used to create AJAX enabled elements like as Ajax enabled forms and links which performs request asynchronously. AJAX Helpers are extension methods of AJAXHelper class which exist in System.Web.Mvc namespace. AJAX HTML Element Example AJAX-enabled link based on action/controller @Ajax.ActionLink(“Load Products”, “GetProducts”, new AjaxOptions {UpdateTargetId = “Products-container”,… Continue reading
The ValidationSummary helper displays an unordered list of all validation errors in the ModelState dictionary. It accepts a boolean value (i.e. true or false) and based on boolean value it display the errors. When boolean parameter value is true, it shows only model-level errors and excludes model property-level errors (i.e any… Continue reading