A small helper for automatically cache busting static assets in .NET
The helper looks at the file's last modified date and sets the timestamp as a queryparamter on the path to the static file. This means that everytime you change the file, the browser cache will update as well.
It's inspired by this article from 2014
- Install the Nuget package
- Wrap your static assset paths in the CacheBuster method ➡️
Example
@using CacheBuster;
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>@ViewBag.Title - My ASP.NET Application</title>
<link href="@CacheBuster.GetFullPath("/Content/Site.css")" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="@CacheBuster.GetFullPath("/Scripts/modernizr-2.8.3.js")"></script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>Result
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Home Page - My ASP.NET Application</title>
<link href="/Content/Site.css?v=637351943954662093" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="/Scripts/modernizr-2.8.3.js?v=637351943957222104"></script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>Anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute. Just create a PR with your changes and I will have a look at it.
Copyright © 2020 Simon Eldevig
Licensed under the MIT License