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Todd Smith
Todd Smith

Reputation: 17272

What is the _references.js used for?

What is the _references.js file used for in a new ASP.NET MVC 4 project?

Upvotes: 251

Views: 65607

Answers (3)

Min Min
Min Min

Reputation: 6218

In VS 11, Visual Studio will give you intellisense from all files that have references in the “_references.js” file.

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Upvotes: 269

Matthew Peterson
Matthew Peterson

Reputation: 1205

From Visual Studio 2017 forward, this file is no longer used.

Upvotes: 15

Dmitry Pavlov
Dmitry Pavlov

Reputation: 28310

MSDN documentation: JavaScript IntelliSense

In brief, _references.js stores the list of JS files paths, for which you want the Visual Studio to gather and build the intelisense (aka "code complete"). The VS project adds there some common JS libraries like jQuery to build the intellisense for it. You can add a reference to your custom JS file in form like this: 

/// <reference path="MyScriptFile.js" />

Upvotes: 23

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