How to convert C# bool to Javascript boolean in Razor .cshtml views

I was wanting a clean way to convert a C# Boolean property on a view model into a javascript true / false bit of text for passing into our Typescript context settings constructors, and stumbled upon this way …

@Json.Encode(Model.BoolPropertyName)

Works a treat too!

Catastrophic failure when attaching Visual Studio Debugger to IISExpress

Symptom: Unable to attach to the process. Catastrophic failure.
Resolution: Change project settings to enable edit and continue, then press F5 to start the web project in debug mode.

I also deleted my solution.suo file from the solutions directory as it was over 3MB! - more about that here -http://merrickchaffer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/visual-studio-hanging-running-slowly.html

How to do data dash data- attributes in Razor

Answer: Use an underscore

In the cshtml view file definition when declaring the attributes in the new {} object class for the attributes, use data_mycustomdataattribute to render out data-mycustomdataattribute

@Html.Hidden("controlName", "valueHere", new { @data_mycustomdataattribute = "testing dash"})

This will render the following...

<input data-mycustomdataattribute="testing dash" id="controlName" name="controlName" type="hidden" value="valueHere">