JavaScript Strategies for ASP.NET Core Apps

By David Paquette

Elevator Pitch

When it comes to structuring and managing our JavaScript code, we suffer from an overabundance of opinions and an overwhelming set of tooling choices. In this session, we will take a tour of tooling options for managing JavaScript code in ASP.NET Core.

Description

After a quick review of the structure of an ASP.NET Core application and the significance of the wwwroot folder, we will dive in to the multitude of tooling options available for managing your JavaScript assets. Expect answers to some age old questions like: - Where in the project should JavaScript source files be placed? - Should you use the simpler Bundler Minifier tool or a more capable task runner like Gulp? - What exactly is this webpack thing everyone is talking about?