Remove bower.json from the default ASP.NET Core Web Application new project template.

mlorbetske commented 8 years ago

Moved from https://github.com/aspnet/Tooling/issues/710 via @ryanelian

The matter of gulp vs grunt was resolved in a manner that did not incite another world war by removing the task runner from the project. (At the end I ended up using gulp nowadays but that's another topic for another day)

Now, can the bower.json be removed as well? (Currently it installs jquery, jquery-validation, jquery-validation-unobtrusive, bootstrap)

Not everyone uses JQuery to develop the web app. What about Angular? React? Typescript?
Not everyone uses Bootstrap to develop the UI. What about Semantic UI? What about Material Design? Zurb Foundation? Surely the sample project UI doesn't need a full-blown responsive framework, yes?
And finally, not everyone uses Bower. NPM alone is good enough for the job. (NPM can even install directly from online git repo, which is awesome.)
Also, the I think the BundlerMinifier.Core tooling should be removed from the project.json. Many people actually use gulp for the job.

ryanelian commented 8 years ago

screenshot 2016-08-12 07 07 15

This is one other reason to remove the bower.json and the bundler / minifier thingy.

It actually failed my build when I wanted to DEPLOY my app to Azure App Service. Wut?

These things should be opt-in, not forced into everyone's throat.

mlorbetske commented 7 years ago

The toolchain for bundler minifier is no longer included in build by default

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Remove bower.json from the default ASP.NET Core Web Application new project template. #658