Alright so I figured it out this weekend. The first code snippet is the view and the second is the _layout page. What I did to get this to work correctly is I put the calls into the view but have the _layout render it. The second code snippet is the _layout file. I added in the header section @RenderSection("CSS", required: false). This may not be the best way to do this but it works. Hopefully this helps someone else and i get better at this.
Code snippet 1
@{
ViewData["Title"] = "About";
//Layout = null;
}
<h2>@ViewData["Title"]</h2>
<h3>@ViewData["Message"]</h3>
<!--jQuery dependencies-->
@section CSS{
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />
<link href="https://paramquery.com/pro2/Content/css3.3.1/pqgrid.min.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://paramquery.com/pro2/Content/css3.3.1/themes/office/pqgrid.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
}
@section Scripts{
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://paramquery.com/pro2/Content/js3.4.1/pqgrid.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function () {
var data = [[1, 'Exxon Mobil', '339,938.0', '36,130.0'],
[2, 'Wal-Mart Stores', '315,654.0', '11,231.0'],
[3, 'Royal Dutch Shell', '306,731.0', '25,311.0'],
[4, 'BP', '267,600.0', '22,341.0'],
[5, 'General Motors', '192,604.0', '-10,567.0'],
[6, 'Chevron', '189,481.0', '14,099.0'],
[7, 'DaimlerChrysler', '186,106.3', '3,536.3'],
[8, 'Toyota Motor', '185,805.0', '12,119.6'],
[9, 'Ford Motor', '177,210.0', '2,024.0'],
[10, 'ConocoPhillips', '166,683.0', '13,529.0'],
[11, 'General Electric', '157,153.0', '16,353.0'],
[12, 'Total', '152,360.7', '15,250.0'],
[13, 'ING Group', '138,235.3', '8,958.9'],
[14, 'Citigroup', '131,045.0', '24,589.0'],
[15, 'AXA', '129,839.2', '5,186.5'],
[16, 'Allianz', '121,406.0', '5,442.4'],
[17, 'Volkswagen', '118,376.6', '1,391.7'],
[18, 'Fortis', '112,351.4', '4,896.3'],
[19, 'Crédit Agricole', '110,764.6', '7,434.3'],
[20, 'American Intl. Group', '108,905.0', '10,477.0']];
var obj = {};
obj.width = 700;
obj.height = 400;
obj.colModel = [{ title: "Rank", width: 100, dataType: "integer" },
{ title: "Company", width: 200, dataType: "string" },
{ title: "Revenues ($ millions)", width: 150, dataType: "float", align: "right" },
{ title: "Profits ($ millions)", width: 150, dataType: "float", align: "right" }];
obj.dataModel = { data: data };
$("#grid_array").pqGrid(obj);
});
</script>
}
<div id="grid_array"></div>
Code snippet 2
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>@ViewData["Title"] - ERPApp</title>
<environment include="Development">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="~/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="~/css/site.css" />
</environment>
<environment exclude="Development">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css"
asp-fallback-href="~/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
asp-fallback-test-class="sr-only" asp-fallback-test-property="position" asp-fallback-test-value="absolute" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="~/css/site.min.css" asp-append-version="true" />
</environment>
@RenderSection("CSS", required: false)
</head>
<body>
<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="container">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Index" class="navbar-brand">ERPApp</a>
</div>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li><a asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Index">Home</a></li>
<li><a asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="About">About</a></li>
<li><a asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
<partial name="_CookieConsentPartial" />
<div class="container body-content">
@RenderBody()
<hr />
<footer>
<p>© 2018 - ERPApp</p>
</footer>
</div>
<environment include="Development">
<script src="~/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="~/lib/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
<script src="~/js/site.js" asp-append-version="true"></script>
</environment>
<environment exclude="Development">
<!-- <script src="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"
asp-fallback-src="~/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"
asp-fallback-test="window.jQuery"
crossorigin="anonymous"
integrity="sha384-tsQFqpEReu7ZLhBV2VZlAu7zcOV+rXbYlF2cqB8txI/8aZajjp4Bqd+V6D5IgvKT">
</script>-->
<script src="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/bootstrap/3.3.7/bootstrap.min.js"
asp-fallback-src="~/lib/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"
asp-fallback-test="window.jQuery && window.jQuery.fn && window.jQuery.fn.modal"
crossorigin="anonymous"
integrity="sha384-Tc5IQib027qvyjSMfHjOMaLkfuWVxZxUPnCJA7l2mCWNIpG9mGCD8wGNIcPD7Txa">
</script>
<script src="~/js/site.min.js" asp-append-version="true"></script>
</environment>
@RenderSection("Scripts", required: false)
</body>
</html>
