Using sections in Editor/Display templates

Question

I want to keep all of my JavaScript code in one section; just before the closing body tag in my master layout page and just wondering the best to go about it, M

Answer 1

Modified version of Darin's answer to ensure ordering. Also works with CSS:

public static IHtmlString Resource(this HtmlHelper HtmlHelper, Func Template, string Type)
{
    if (HtmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Items[Type] != null) ((List>)HtmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Items[Type]).Add(Template);
    else HtmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Items[Type] = new List>() { Template };

    return new HtmlString(String.Empty);
}

public static IHtmlString RenderResources(this HtmlHelper HtmlHelper, string Type)
{
    if (HtmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Items[Type] != null)
    {
        List> Resources = (List>)HtmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Items[Type];

        foreach (var Resource in Resources)
        {
            if (Resource != null) HtmlHelper.ViewContext.Writer.Write(Resource(null));
        }
    }

    return new HtmlString(String.Empty);
}

You can add JS and CSS resources like this:

@Html.Resource(@, "js")
@Html.Resource(@, "css")

And render JS and CSS resources like this:

@Html.RenderResources("js")
@Html.RenderResources("css")

You could do a string check to see if it starts with script/link so you don't have to explicitly define what each resource is.