I'm using ASP.NET MVC 4 with Bootstrap and I've noticed that my project is a little bit different from a lot of articles and tutorials about "building your site with Bootstrap", they keep mention the use of minified files of Javascript and CSS (bootstrap.min.css, bootstrap.min.js) and I have only the files without the min although the files are in the directory.
I read about these files but I don't get the point of it, maybe somebody can clarify the use of them and if I need to add reference to them in my bundle config ?
My code looks like this :
_Layout.cshtml:
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>@ViewBag.Title - My ASP.NET Application</title>
@Styles.Render("~/Content/css")
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/modernizr")
</head>
<body>
<div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="container">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a href="@Url.Action("Index", "Home")" class="navbar-brand">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-filter"></span> SelectorIT - OnLine
</a>
</div>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li>@Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home")</li>
<li>@Html.ActionLink("About", "About", "Home")</li>
<li>@Html.ActionLink("Contact", "Contact", "Home")</li>
</ul>
@Html.Partial("_LoginPartial")
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container body-content">
@RenderBody()
<hr />
<footer>
<p>© @DateTime.Now.Year - My ASP.NET Application</p>
</footer>
</div>
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/bootstrap")
@RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
</body>
And my BundleConfig.cs:
public class BundleConfig
{
// For more information on bundling, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=301862
public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles)
{
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jquery").Include(
"~/Scripts/jquery-{version}.js"));
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jqueryval").Include(
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate*"));
// Use the development version of Modernizr to develop with and learn from. Then, when you're
// ready for production, use the build tool at http://modernizr.com to pick only the tests you need.
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/modernizr").Include(
"~/Scripts/modernizr-*"));
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/bootstrap").Include(
"~/Scripts/bootstrap.js",
"~/Scripts/respond.js"));
bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/Content/css").Include(
"~/Content/bootstrap.css",
"~/Content/site.css"));
// Set EnableOptimizations to false for debugging. For more information,
// visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=301862
BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = true;
}
}
Two questions I have :
- What am I missing when I don't have reference to bootstrap.min.css, bootstrap.min.js ?
Should I add reference to those files in the:
bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/Content/css").Include()
The min files remove all unnecessary characters to make the file smaller. This decreases loading time. Source.
If you are building a small personal project, performance might not have a high priority. If you are building the site for someone else or an organization, I would suggest using the min versions.