Register resources for your page anywhere you have access to HttpContext or HttpContextBase:
var resourceManager = HttpContext.Current.ClientResources();
// Register Scripts:
resourceManager.IncludeScript("~/scripts/jquery.js");
// Register Stylesheets:
resourceManager.IncludeStylesheet("~/content/site.css");
// Or, just add a file name and let the manager figure out what it is:
resourceManager.Include("~/content/layout.css");
resourceManager.Include("~/scripts/underscore.js");
// Control the order that the resources get rendered by specifying an optional Level:
resourceManager.Include("~/scripts/jquery.js", Level.Global);
resourceManager.Include("~/scripts/jquery.validate.js", Level.MidLevel);There are two ways to render the resources in your page: The Awesome Way, or The Performant Way. We recommend The Awesome Way, unless you are super-performance-minded.
The Awesome Way to include the resources in your page is to let the Client Resource Manager framework figure out where to inject everything.
In order to use The Awesome Way, simply register the ClientResourceManager.Module module in your web.config:
<modules>
<add name="ClientResources" type="ClientResourceManager.Module"/>
</modules>The module will then inspect all of your outgoing requests and inject the required client resource markup where appropriate.
If you don't like the idea of all those CPU cycles wasted trying to figure out where to put the client resources markup and want to take matters into your own hands, then The Performant Way is for you.
To go this Way, make sure the model declaration above is removed, then call the .RenderHead() and .Render() methods to render the resources to the page:
<html>
<head>
<title>Demo Page</title>
<%= Context.ClientResources().RenderHead() %>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Test Page!</h1>
<%= Context.ClientResources().Render() %>
</body>
</html>
The ClientResourceManager.Mvc library also gives you the HtmlHelper extension:
@Html.ClientResources().Include("~/scripts/jquery.js");
And, to render in your page...
<html>
<head>
<title>Demo Page</title>
@Html.ClientResources().RenderHead()
</head>
<body>
<h1>Test Page!</h1>
@Html.ClientResources().Render()
</body>
</html>