System.Web.HttpException: The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page “~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml”: “Scripts”.

Solution

The exception occurs if you have defined a section in your master Layout.cshtml, but you have not included anything for that section in your View.

If your _Layout.cshtml has something like this:

@RenderSection("scripts")

Then all your Views that use that Layout must include a @section with the same name (even if the contents of the section are empty):

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Title";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
@section scripts{
    // Add something here
}