why use @Url.Content
.net, asp.net-mvc-3
Solution
The fragment `@Url.Content("/Scripts/SomeScript.js")` does absolutely nothing, and is equivalent to just `/Scripts/SomeScript.js`.
However, for paths starting with "~", it will translate the url to the correct, application relative url, e.g., `@Url.Content("~/Scripts/SomeScript.js")` could translate to `/MyVirtualDirectory/Scripts/SomeScript.js`, if you deployed your web application to a virtual directory MyVirtualDirectory below the root folder of the web site.
Problem
Can someone please explain why I should use (or should I?): ``` <script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("/Scripts/SomeScript.js")"></script> ``` vs ``` <script type="text/javascript" src="/Scripts/SomeScript.js"></script> ``` Thanks