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Joe Payne2  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:31:53 PM(UTC)
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Can the devs explain the relationship between these files?

In the sample theme, there are some CSS and JS references in theme.config. None in _base.layout.cshtml. Several are in /App_Start/BundleConfig.cs

Here is my theory:

BundleConfig.cs is everything that is needed to drive the basic CMS features regardless of theme

_base.layout.cshtml shouldn't have any references, it's job is to render whatever is defined in BundleConfig

theme.config should have the css and js references specific to that particular theme

Am I on the right track here?
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mazhar  
#2 Posted : Monday, July 26, 2021 8:12:23 AM(UTC)
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BundleConfig.cs is everything that is needed to drive the basic CMS features regardless of theme

Yes, all the base styles/scripts required for the application to work are included in BundleConfig. This way we can bundle and minify when running in production mode.

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_base.layout.cshtml shouldn't have any references, it's job is to render whatever is defined in BundleConfig

Layout file does two things, first it uses the BundleConfig file to render the base script/styles. It also tries to render the current theme styles/scripts if any by using the _ThemeScripts and _ThemeStyles partial views. These view files use the current theme's configuration file to include the required script and styles theme needs.
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theme.config should have the css and js references specific to that particular theme

Correct, you would only want to have theme specific resources in theme.config.
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Joe Payne2 on 7/26/2021(UTC)
Joe Payne2  
#3 Posted : Monday, July 26, 2021 8:32:16 AM(UTC)
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Excellent. Thank you for the clear explanation Mazhar.
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