MVC5 Object reference not set to an instance of an object on Scripts.Render

Question

I'm using Asp.net MVC5 and haven't encountered such this ambiguous error since 4 years working with Microsoft MVC platform! The error occurs in Manage page in default MVC5 template. here in line 26 at the _layout.cshtml file:

Line 24:     <![endif]-->
Line 25: 
Line 26:     @Scripts.Render("~/js/intf")
Line 27:     <script>
Line 28:         if (document.documentMode === 10) {

The Stack Trace says:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] ASP._Page_Views_Shared__Layout_cshtml.Execute() in c:\Users\fake\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\name\name\Views\Shared_Layout.cshtml:26
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy() +198
System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +104
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +90
System.Web.WebPages.<>c__DisplayClass7.b__6(TextWriter writer) +232 System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult.WriteTo(TextWriter writer) +10 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.Write(HelperResult result) +80
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.RenderSurrounding(String partialViewName, Action1 body) +63
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.PopContext() +267
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +98
System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance) +235
System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer) +107
System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context) +291 System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResult(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +13
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive(IList1 filters, Int32 filterIndex, ResultExecutingContext preContext, ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +56
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive(IList1 filters, Int32 filterIndex, ResultExecutingContext preContext, ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +420
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, IList1 filters, ActionResult actionResult) +52
System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass28.b__19() +173 System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass1e.b__1b(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +100
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +10
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResultBase1.End() +49
System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeAction(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +27
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.b__1d(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ExecuteCoreState innerState) +13
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncVoid1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +36
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResultBase1.End() +54
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecuteCore(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +39 System.Web.Mvc.Controller.b__15(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Controller controller) +12
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncVoid1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +28
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResultBase1.End() +54
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +29
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.System.Web.Mvc.Async.IAsyncController.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +10
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.b__4(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ProcessRequestState innerState) +21
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncVoid1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +36
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResultBase1.End() +54
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +31 System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +9
System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +9688704 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +155

Edit: As you wanted the bundling code, I placed one of them here:

bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/js/intf").Include(//first internal scripts
                "~/js/jquery*",
                "~/js/modernizr.js",
                "~/js/ie-prototype-polyfill.js",
                "~/js/prettyPhoto.js"));

NOTE: If I commentize the error lines (style/script bundling lines) The error will be @ViewBag.Title as the new error! I think the Razor view Engine got into trouble here, since it can't instantiate the view's codes requirements, But Why??

I know that some errors in working with Microsoft technologies aren't really related to the error that it says. Please left me your beneficial experiences. Thanks.

Update: The terse contents for ~/views/Account/Manage.cshtml file maybe useful:

@using Social.Models;
@using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "manage";
}

<div class="layout-app">

    <div class="row row-app margin-none">

        <div class="col-md-12">

            @if (ViewBag.HasLocalPassword)
            {
                 @Html.Partial("_ChangePasswordPartial")
            }
            else
            {
                 @Html.Partial("_SetPasswordPartial")
            }
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

I misused ViewBag in master layout file to consume in other pages. My structure made ViewBag as a required field so I had to instantiate it before. But I forgot to instantiate it which caused to fire such this error and it seems to be irrelevant to Scripts.Render.

Answer 2

Try to create a new javascript file in, for example, the folder Scripts in your MVC solution and call the file app.js (or anything else).

Then place the following line underneath the other @scripts.Render lines to run it.

<script src="@Scripts.Url("~/Scripts/app.js")"></script>

Otherwise add the file to a bundle.