in Hands-on lab/lab-files/src/Contoso Sports League/Contoso.Apps.SportsLeague.Web/wwwroot/js/plugins.js [188:221]
Alert.prototype.close = function (e) {
var $this = $(this)
var selector = $this.attr('data-target')
if (!selector) {
selector = $this.attr('href')
selector = selector && selector.replace(/.*(?=#[^\s]*$)/, '') // strip for ie7
}
var $parent = $(selector)
if (e) e.preventDefault()
if (!$parent.length) {
$parent = $this.closest('.alert')
}
$parent.trigger(e = $.Event('close.bs.alert'))
if (e.isDefaultPrevented()) return
$parent.removeClass('in')
function removeElement() {
// detach from parent, fire event then clean up data
$parent.detach().trigger('closed.bs.alert').remove()
}
$.support.transition && $parent.hasClass('fade') ?
$parent
.one('bsTransitionEnd', removeElement)
.emulateTransitionEnd(Alert.TRANSITION_DURATION) :
removeElement()
}