ASP.NET Javascript Resource Handler

Question

I would like to make a Handler that takes all of my Javascript files i need and compresses and merges them, something like the scriptmanager of asp.net does. Is this possible? i thought on an .ashx handler, but i'm not sure if this works..

would be cool if you also could do this with the css files.

Answer 1

As you know, ASP.NET supports Script Combining:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc488552.aspx
http://aspnet.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=13356

Also, you could just use something like HTTP Compression and a good caching strategy:

http://www.port80software.com/products/httpzip/
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d52ff289-94d3-4085-bc4e-24eb4f312e0e.mspx

At the end of the day, using both techniques together is the optimal strategy.