I'm trying to use Bootstrap in my ASP.NET MVC5 project (I'd like to use .NET 5, but Visual Basic is not fully supported yet.)
I installed the latest NuGet package, but no folders/files were added to my project—only the package itself under the References node.
I found this extensive answer, but it's somewhat dated and it addresses a project architecture of ASP.NET Core. I added the suggested Package.json file, but no folder node_modules was added anywhere in my project.
How do I get started using the Bootstrap NuGet package in my MVC5 project?
--EDIT--
I'm using PackageReference, not Packages.config.
For Bootstrap is a client-side library,If you download by Nuget Package Manager, you can find it in the %UserProfile%\.nuget\packages directory. You could copy and paste it to your project.
Actually I suggest you could use LibMan for client-side library.
Here is the steps you could follow:
Create the folder wwwroot/lib;
In Solution Explorer, right-click the project folder in which the files should be added. Choose Add > Client-Side Library.
Search for bootstrap#5.0.2 like below:
Click the Install button to download the files.
Reference:
Use LibMan with ASP.NET Core in Visual Studio
Note:
The js and css are in wwwroot/bootstrap/dist/.
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I am trying to install knockoutjs and typescript in a .net core app via Nuget.
It shows in Packages but doesn't install anything in a scripts folder as has previously in asp.net.
What am I missing?
TL;DR ASP.NET Core no longer works in that way (packages copying javascript/css content into your project). You need to adapt your workflow.
.NET Core projects only work in SDK-style projects, and SDK style projects only use NuGet's PackageReference, not packages.config. The docs on migrating from packages.config to PackageReference list one package compatibility issue as not supporting the content folder, which is how in packages.config those assets are copied into your project on package install.
I can't find a doc listing recommendations for ASP.NET Core apps, but my understanding is you can either use LibMan, or use NPM, which is in line with basically the rest of the web development industry outside of .NET has been doing. If you use the new project templates to create a new ASP.NET Core Angular or ASP.NET Core React app, you'll see they create a ClientApp folder that uses npm and all the official react/angular CLI tools. The MVC template has copies of jQuery and bootstrap, without an obvious way how to update them.
might be some unsync, remove the packages folder from the solution and restore the packages again. It will fix the issue. Also check the output window, that will show the list of errors.
It shows in Packages but doesn't install anything in a scripts folder
as has previously in asp.net.
First, I agree with zivkan. It is a feature of PackageReference Nuget Management format.
VS has two format to manage nuget packages: Packages.config and PackageReference.
Since new sdk format projects(Net Core and Net Standard) only use PackageReference to manage nuget packages,it will be very different from the effect reflected by the packages.config package management format.
When you use Content files from the nuget packages with PackageReference, it will lose files from the Scripts folder.
Just as this document said, it has such compatibility issues.
Actually, you can enter C:\Users\xxxx\.nuget\packages\knockoutjs\3.5.1 and find there is a folder called Content, Nuget will copy the content of that folder into your project when you install this nuget package.
But Content folder can be recognized by Packages.config format, and as far as I know, ContentFiles folder is used in PackageReference to add the content into your project. So in your situation, the nuget package should include ContentFiles folder at the same time. See this official document.
But the knockoutjs nuget package does not have contentfiles folder. That is why net framework projects with packages.config has the content files while new sdk projects does not have it.
And this behavior change can only be effective when you create the nuget package, so you ca n’t make any kind of change, you can only contact the author of the package to make this modification, and let him add this function as soon as possible to apply to the new SDK format project.
Suggestion
So So for now, you can try these:
1) you can either manually Add the content file from C:\Users\xxxx\.nuget\packages\knockoutjs\xxxx\Content to the project by Adding Existing Items.
2) roll back to use Net Framework projects with packages.config.
3) contact with the author on this link.
I've "Installed" the Dropzone.js package through package manager in Visual Studio 2019 for a project in asp.net core 2.2. However, I'm not finding the js file anywhere in the project tree, nor does dropzone seem to be functioning in any manner. Do I have to ignore the nuGet package and just download the js file manually? Or is there something else I'm missing?
I was able to make it work by downloading dropzone.js (and associated files) directly from the dropzone repository. Just not through the NuGet package.
Thanks,
Owen
Now that I figured out how to enable scaffolding in ASP.NET Core MVC (see View scaffold templates in ASP.NET Core), I'd like to create custom template files for Views. I found one place that said the template files are located here:
C:\Users\{user name}\.dnx\packages\Microsoft.Extensions.CodeGenerators.Mvc\1.0.0-rc1-final\Templates\ViewGenerator
But I copied an existing file there and that copied file does not appear in the Template dropdown on the Add View dialog. Are they located elsewhere, or do I have to do something to get files added in that folder to appear? Restarting Visual Studio did not do that.
I am using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools 1.0.0-preview2-final
Templates are located here...
C:\Users\{username}\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\1.0.0-preview2-final\Templates
Copy the Templates folder to your project and edit them as required.
I´m using Visual Studio 2017 and asp.net Core 2.0, and after search a lot, I´ve just found the Templates on this place:
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\NuGetFallbackFolder\microsoft.visualstudio.web.codegenerators.mvc\2.0.0\Templates
I hope this could help someone with the same issue...
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Latest version as of Oct 2018 could be found in GitHub of the Asp.NET https://github.com/aspnet/Scaffolding/tree/master/src/VS.Web.CG.Mvc/Templates
You can enable code generation rather than copying from templates folder.
Using the tutorial Asp.Net Core Using existing db
Tools > Nuget Package Manager > Packagae Manager Console
Run the following commands one after the other. Make sure you have internet connection.
Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
Install-Package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design
Rebuild the solution. Then right click on the controller folder > new > controller...
Is it possible to change path of a nuget package at Source Explorer's level? Suppose, we want to install newest Bootstrap package for your ASP.NET MVC5 project using nuget.
In default it installs its CSS files in ~/Content/ folder. What if I would like the files to be inside ~/Content/Libs/?
Of course I can move them manually, but I would like to keep a possibility of updating the libraries via nuget.
Can anyone share with me how to (or where I can find how to) install NuGet packages automatically when I create a new project based on my custom project template in Visual Studio 2010?
I am creating a new project template for a project that uses a couple NuGet packages by default. I've read the documentation on the NuGet site but this is not acceptable in that I want to reference an existing package if it's already installed in the project.
In other words, if I embed package v1 in my template (VSIX) but version 1.1 has already been installed in the solution, I want NuGet to reference version 1.1 instead of putting v1 into the solution and forcing the developer to update the package.
Is this possible? And, if so, how?
NuGet 1.5 now supports this feature without requiring that you build an ASP.NET MVC 3 project template.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/marcinon/archive/2011/07/08/project-templates-and-preinstalled-nuget-packages.aspx
This supersedes the post that I wrote. :)
Check out this post here:
http://haacked.com/archive/2011/06/06/creating-a-custom-asp-net-mvc-project-template.aspx
The article mentioned that the NuGet packages need to be on your machine, however this should change in the future (if it hasn't already).