Question

I use asp.net mvc & going to build javascript files at application startup depending on site configuration.

I am going to have some javascript file templates that will be populated with appropriate constants and put into /scripts folder.

Please, suggest me the best way to do that. I want to have something like:

application_startup()
{
string populatedFile = Html.RenderPartial(“/scripts/script.template.js”);
write populatedFile into /scripts folder…
}

Thank you in advance !

Answer 1

I’d look at putting the logic in ASHX handler rather than Global.asax, then reference the ASHX as a script reference in your Site Master.

With regards to the actual logic. I’d be pulling your templates using a reader and creating the final script with a String Builder.

If the configuration is not going to change that much, make sure you are caching your output.