MVC 4 @Scripts “does not exist”

Question

I have just created an ASP.NET MVC 4 project and used Visual Studio 2012 RC to create a Controller and Razor Views for Index and Create Actions.

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I used WinMerge to help me track this down. But as I researched it more, I found that Rick has the perfect blog post for it.

Summary:

• Add <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/> to both web.config files
• Run Install-Package -IncludePrerelease Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization
• Update Bundling code
• Update Layout file
• The last step is to update 10 other libraries. I didn't and it worked fine. So looks like you can procrastinate this one (unless I already updated 1 or more of them). :)

Answer 2

There was one small step missing from the above, which I found on another post. After adding

<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />

to your ~/Views/web.config namespaces, close and re-open Visual Studio. This is what I had to do to get this working.

Answer 3

For me this solved the problem, in NuGet package manager console write following:

update-package microsoft.aspnet.mvc -reinstall

Answer 4

just remove/ hide the code from create & Edit razor view of your controller.

 @section Scripts {  

   @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")  
 }  

Answer 5

I upgraded from Beta to RC and faced 'Scripts' does not exist issue. Surfed all over the web and the final solution is what N40JPJ said plus another workaroudn:

Copy the following in View\Web.config :

  <namespaces>
    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
    <add namespace="System.Web.Helpers"/>
  </namespaces>

and the following inside View\Shared_Layout.cshtml

@if (IsSectionDefined("scripts")) 
{
       @RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
}

Hope it helps.

Answer 6

Import System.Web.Optimization on top of your razor view as follows:

@using System.Web.Optimization