I am new to ASP.NET, though not to web programming (I used PHP until now). Working on my first ASP.NET project (actually, maintaining an existing one) I wanted to use jQuery. I had heard that it is so easy to use in VS2010 - just install it with Nuget and use it. So I installed it with Nuget and now I can't figure out how to use it!
How to I actually get it to be available in my HTML? It seems to just be sitting there in a Scripts folder doing nothing!
I think if you are using Visual Studio 2010, the default application templates already contain jQuery, so there isn't any need to use NuGet.
Just add a reference of the jQuery script to the page you need, and you are good to go:
<head runat="server">
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
For IntelliSense: Also add jquery-1.4.1-vsdoc.js.
Just add a reference to the script you want to use on the page you need it on, for example, in the head-tag:
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/Scripts/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
Of course, the src should be relative to your page and the script.
If you are using ASP.NET MVC and the Razor-engine, you can use:
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.min.js")"></script>
Ideally, you would add this to the _layout file in the Views > Shared folder. That way it turns up on all pages (views).
NuGet simply downloads the jQuery library. You need top drag the script file(s) to your pages and VS will automatically create a script reference of the form:
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery... />
And you can start using it then.
If your question is how to get JQuery in your html, Simply add a script tag in the head of your HTML, since your using VS2010, you should be able to drag-and-drop the script file into the HTML file, it will create the script tag
