Prepend CDN url to mvc 4 bundler output

Question

Using the built in MVC4 bundler, how do I prepend my CDN url to the link tags it produces? I\'ve setup Amazon Cloudfront so that it pulls assets from my webserver when first re

Answer 1

Please have a look @ Using a CDN search for "Using a CDN"

As said by By Rick Anderson in asp.net/mvc,

The follow code replaces the local jQuery bundle with a CDN jQuery bundle.

    public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles)
    {
    //bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jquery").Include(
    //            "~/Scripts/jquery-{version}.js"));

    bundles.UseCdn = true;   //enable CDN support

    //add link to jquery on the CDN
    var jqueryCdnPath = "http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.7.1.min.js";

    bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jquery",
                jqueryCdnPath).Include(
                "~/Scripts/jquery-{version}.js"));

    // Code removed for clarity.
    }

In the code above, jQuery will be requested from the CDN while in release mode and the debug version of jQuery will be fetched locally in debug mode. When using a CDN, you should have a fallback mechanism in case the CDN request fails. The following markup fragment from the end of the layout file shows script added to request jQuery should the CDN fail.

    

        @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")

         

        @RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
    

In have pasted the section from Asp.net/MVC, in case you find it useful then Cheers to Rick Anderson for his post...