MVC 4 BundleConfig not creating script references

Question

I'm adding a few jQuery script files to my app using the bundleconfig.cs class.

bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jquery").Include(
                    "~/Scripts/jquery-{version}.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jquery-ui-{version}.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.min.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jquery.mousewheel.min.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jtable/jquery.jtable.js"));

When I run my app and check the page source, only some of the script files are referenced:

<script src="/Scripts/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script src="/Scripts/jquery-ui-1.10.3.js"></script>
<script src="/Scripts/jtable/jquery.jtable.js"></script>
<script src="/Scripts/jquery-migrate-1.2.1.min.js"></script>

Why would this be happening? I can work around the issue by manually adding the script references directly to _Layout.cshtml, but that is hardly best practice.

Are you sure the files exists, and you point to their exact relative URL? Most issues like this, is because the file cannot be found. — MartinHN
– MartinHN, Commented Jul 15, 2013 at 9:45

CodingIntrigue · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-15 09:50:10Z

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The .min part is already handled by MVC - it will automatically include .js files for Debug mode and .min.js files for Release mode.

Just download the unminified version of jquery.mCustomScrollbar.min.js and put it in your scripts directory, then reference it as: jquery.mCustomScrollbar.js

bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jquery").Include(
                    "~/Scripts/jquery-{version}.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jquery-ui-{version}.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jquery.mousewheel.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jtable/jquery.jtable.js"));

MVC will then load the appropriate script for Debug/Release

answered Jul 15, 2013 at 9:50

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Swifty Over a year ago

Thanks Blade. Seems you hit the nail on the head. All script refs are now being included correctly.

CodingIntrigue Over a year ago

No problem, happened to me the first time I used bundling :)

tg2 Over a year ago

THANK YOU! just spent several hours chasing my tail on this.... demo's tomorrow :|

Oleksii Aza · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-15 09:50:20Z

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It could be so because you didn't enable bundling. Try to change debug attribute value on compilation to false

<compilation debug="false" targetFramework="4.0" />

Or enable it manually:

BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = true;

answered Jul 15, 2013 at 9:50

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