How to use jquery in ASP.​NET Core

Question

I created a ASP.NET core template and wrote a jquery script. When I look at the page I see that jquery is loaded into the page, but the script doesn’t run. I looked at the A

Answer 1

FOR CLARIFICATION

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If you are referencing jQuery in your _Layout page.. double check to ensure that that reference is at the TOP of your _Layout page because if it is at the bottom, then every other page you have that use the _Layout and has jQuery, it will give you errors such as:

$ is undefined

because you are trying to use jQuery before it is ever defined!

Also, if your are referencing jQuery in your _Layout page then you do not need to reference it again in your pages that use your _Layout style

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Make sure that you are loading the reference to jQuery before you start using .

Your cshtml should work if you put the reference above your script as so:

 // or whatever version you are using

// you do not need to use this reference if you are already referencing jQuery in your Layout page