Scripts.Render using outdated javascript file

Question

My MVC4 application is using Scripts.Render to load a bundle that is loading a file called \"functions.js.\"

When I debug this application in the browse

Answer 1

This is likely a caching issue. When using Bundling and Minification in debug mode (when <compilation debug="true" /> is set in your web.config), bundling/minification is disabled.

You can override this and force bundling and minification by adding BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = true;. This will make it act like it will in your production environment, where everything is bundled and minified, and the script reference includes that versioning parameter (like you gave) that will force the browser to reload your scripts when anything changes.

public class BundleConfig
{
    public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles)
    {
        //all your bundle code
        BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = true;
    }
}