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Bundle Loading Scripts in wrong order

I am getting a jQuery is not defined error from jQuery validate being loaded before jquery.

I am not sure if this is involved with using ASP.net Boilerplate or not, though in the bundle config I have the following:

 bundles.Add(
            new ScriptBundle("~/Bundles/vendor/js/bottom")
                .Include(
                    "~/lib/json2/json2.js",
                    "~/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
                    "~/lib/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js",
                    "~/lib/moment/min/moment-with-locales.min.js",
                    "~/lib/jquery-validation/dist/jquery.validate.min.js",
                    "~/lib/blockUI/jquery.blockUI.js",
                    "~/lib/toastr/toastr.min.js",
                    "~/lib/sweetalert/dist/sweetalert.min.js",
                    "~/lib/spin.js/spin.min.js",
                    "~/lib/spin.js/jquery.spin.js",
                    "~/lib/bootstrap-select/dist/js/bootstrap-select.min.js",
                    "~/lib/jquery-slimscroll/jquery.slimscroll.min.js",
                    "~/lib/Waves/dist/waves.min.js",
                    "~/lib/push.js/push.min.js",
                    "~/Abp/Framework/scripts/abp.js",
                    "~/Abp/Framework/scripts/libs/abp.jquery.js",
                    "~/Abp/Framework/scripts/libs/abp.toastr.js",
                    "~/Abp/Framework/scripts/libs/abp.blockUI.js",
                    "~/Abp/Framework/scripts/libs/abp.spin.js",
                    "~/Abp/Framework/scripts/libs/abp.sweet-alert.js",
                    "~/lib/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.min.js",
                    "~/js/admin.js",
                    "~/js/main.js",
                    "~/Scripts/jquery.signalR-2.2.3.js",
                    "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.js"
                )
            );

So I am using the minified version of jQuery and the minified version of jQuery.Validate. As soon as I use the minified version of jQuery and I load a page, jquery.validate.min.js is the first script that gets loaded in and as expected it throws a jQuery is not defined. error. Though as soon as I do not use the minified version of jQuery (jquery.js) the scripts are loaded up in the correct order.

Is ASP.NET Boilerplate using any custom file ordering in the bundles that I do not know of? I do believe that MVC, but could be wrong, that it will process explicitly named scripts first in the bundle, then symbolically named scripts. Though these are all explicitly named scripts.

Is there something I am missing or some solution on how I can solve this?

Solution

  • I ended up using an answer from here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11981271/4201348

    So pretty much I defined my own BundleOrderer called AsIsBundleOrder that implementsIBundleOrderer that just returned the files as is, and set that as the orderer to use in the BundleConfig.

    That works, though still doesn't give me a complete answer as to WHY (the important reason in my mind) the default orderer was only promoting jQuery validate to be before jQuery only when I used the minified version of jQuery.