visual studio not updating html / javascript to server / browser

Question

This is an MVC 4 app using the Hot Towel SPA template. Whenever I change anything in the HTML and/or javascript the only way I can get the new code to display is to clear the browser cache. F5, cntrl-F5, shift-F5, nothing works.

I'm not normally a web dev and just learning this. I've done regular MVC before and not had this issue, maybe it has to do with where the HTML and javascript is in my project (i.e. in the /App folder) ?. I'm going nuts trying to figure this out.

I can completely delete an HTML file and run the app and it still runs as it did. Clear cache and run and I then get the update.

It's running using IIS express using Firefox, Chrome, IE...

Thanks..

Solution 1

In Opera and Chrome (and possibly others), you can disable caching while in 'development mode'.

While in DevTools, the 2nd option in the Settings menu is

Disable cache (while DevTools is open)

Solution 2

Go to your web.config file and make a change in it.Its not matter what change you make.For example type a character and then delete it and build the project and run it again.I hope it works.

Solution 3

I also experienced this issue and turns out it was related to caching.

If using Chrome DevTools, you can simply disable cache by navigating to the Network Tab and ticking Disable Cache

This will only disable the cache when Dev Tools is open.

Solution 4

ctrl+shift+F5 will do the trick! Seems like browser cache is part of the problem :)

Solution 5

in my case iis express not updated site, but site , created by iis Manager worked correctly?

possible solution for this problem is set "use this 64 bit version of iis express for web sites and projects" option at visual studio it located at options->Projects and Solutions->Web projects

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