Minify & Merge Javascript, Minify CSS on Visual Studio Build?

Question

Hello,

how can I automatically merge and minify multiple Javascript files, as well as minify my CSS when building my ASP.NET MVC application in visual studio? Are there any build scripts/tools that do this?

Answer 1

Dave Ward has a great article that I found helpful when setting this up in Visual Studio

http://encosia.com/2009/05/20/automatically-minify-and-combine-javascript-in-visual-studio/