MVC 5, globalize, validate german date: How to bundle the js-scripts? - asp.net-mvc

Question

In the answer to this question (MVC 5 - can not get globalisation running) I solve the problem with a bunch of "<sript src="..." declarations and some js.
What I not managed: I want to bundle the scripts. If I try it like this (excerpt from bundleConfig.cs):
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jqueryvalDe").Include(
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.js",
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js",
"~/Scripts/cldr.js",
"~/Scripts/cldr/event.js",
"~/Scripts/cldr/supplemental.js",
"~/Scripts/cldr/unresolved.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/currency.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/number.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/date.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/plural.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/relative-time.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/unit.js",
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.globalize.js"
));
But I get an error from JavaScript: "Globalize" is undefined
It seems, the order of scrpts is changed...
At the moment I use a Workaround: I wrote an custom HTM-Helper.
public static class GermanDateValidationExtension
{
public static MvcHtmlString ScriptsForGermanDateValidation(this HtmlHelper helper)
{
return new MvcHtmlString("<script src=\"~/ Scripts / jquery.validate.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/cldr.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/cldr/event.js\"></ script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/cldr/supplemental.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/cldr/unresolved.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/globalize.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/globalize/currency.js\" ></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/globalize/number.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/globalize/date.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/globalize/plural.js\" ></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/globalize/relative-time.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/globalize/unit.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script src = \"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.globalize.js\"></script>\n" +
"<script>\n" +
"$.when(\n" +
"$.get(\"/Scripts/cldr/main/de/ca-gregorian.json\"),\n" +
"$.get(\"/Scripts/cldr/main/de/numbers.json\"),\n" +
"$.get(\"/Scripts/cldr/supplemental/likelySubtags.json\"),\n" +
"$.get(\"/Scripts/cldr/supplemental/timeData.json\"),\n" +
"$.get(\"/Scripts/cldr/supplemental/weekData.json\")\n" +
").then(function() {\n" +
"return [].slice.apply(arguments, [0]).map(function(result) {\n" +
"return result[0];\n" +
"});\n" +
"}).then(Globalize.load)\n" +
".then(function() {\n" +
"Globalize.locale(\"de-DE\");\n" +
"});\n" +
"</ script > ");
}
}
And use it in the view:
...
#section Scripts {
#Html.ScriptsForGermanDateValidation()
}
...
My question is: How to bundle the scripts correctly?

Answer 1

The problem seems originated from bundling order which rendered jquery.validate.globalize.js before globalize.js, which uses "dependency tree" established in favor of well-known libraries & their custom extensions will rendered before others. Hence, in order to set load order as you want, create a class which implements IBundleOrder interface & its corresponding extension method:
// from Sebastián Rojas (/a/26602075)
class UnorderedBundleOrderer : IBundleOrderer
{
public IEnumerable<BundleFile> OrderFiles(BundleContext context, IEnumerable<BundleFile> files)
{
return files;
}
}
static class BundleExtensions
{
public static Bundle UnorderedBundling(this Bundle bundle)
{
bundle.Orderer = new UnorderedBundleOrderer();
return bundle;
}
}
Then you can use custom bundling order above in BundleConfig.cs file:
public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles)
{
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jqueryvalDe")
.UnorderedBundling()
.Include(
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.js",
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js",
...
...
"~/Scripts/globalize.js",
...
...
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.globalize.js"
));
}
Related issue:
ASP.NET MVC - Bundle Config order
Ordering of Files within a bundle - What are the known libraries?

Answer 2

The solution is - how Tetsuya Yamamoto says: Write your own orderer.
public IEnumerable<BundleFile> OrderFiles(BundleContext context, IEnumerable<BundleFile> files)
{
return files;
}
and use it:
var qvDeBundle =new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jqueryvalDe").Include(
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.js",
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js",
"~/Scripts/cldr.js",
"~/Scripts/cldr/event.js",
"~/Scripts/cldr/supplemental.js",
"~/Scripts/cldr/unresolved.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/currency.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/number.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/date.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/plural.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/relative-time.js",
"~/Scripts/globalize/unit.js",
"~/Scripts/jquery.validate.globalize.js"
);
qvDeBundle.Orderer=new UnorderBundleOrderer();
bundles.Add(qvDeBundle);