Using ASP.NET MVC 3 WITHOUT jQuery

Question

I need to write an application in ASP.NET MVC, but for corporate reasons I can't use jQuery. I have heard that you can "turn off" jQuery and that ASP.NET controls like TextBoxFor will fall back to using Microsoft's older JS libraries. But I haven't found any detailed information on how to do this.

Anyone have experience with this approach? Any pointers?

i can understand (sort of), no javascript. how that then subverts to no jquery reeks of corporate misunderstanding and total ignorance (imho). but hey, there's gold in them there (blighted) hills — jim tollan, CommentedFeb 17, 2012 at 22:15

jrummell · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-17 20:25:52Z

ASP.NET MVC does not require jQuery. The MVC3 project templates include it in _Layout.cshtml because many developers prefer it. You can remove it.

It does use jQuery Validation by default, however, but you can use the Microsoft Ajax MVC2 libraries instead.

Mikhail · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-17 21:07:44Z

If you remove jQuery scripts, you will be unable to use the jQuery/Unobtrusive MVC 3 validation.

Use the MS scripts and corresponding validation functionality instead:

_Layout.cshtml:

"~/Scripts/MicrosoftAjax.js" "~/Scripts/MicrosoftMvcValidation.js"

That’s all.

By the way, why cannot you use the jQuery in your project?

Thanks for the answer :-). In my case the 'conservative' company I work for does not want to depend on any plugins, therefore we have to write everything from scratch. — Rasmus Søborg, CommentedApr 22, 2013 at 20:47

RubbleFord · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-17 20:19:00Z

It's all down to the adapters that you decide to include from the default script folders. If you don't want to use Jquery include the other adapter files.

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