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As an extension to this question here Linking JavaScript Libraries in User Controls I was after some examples of how people are concatenating and minifying JavaScript on the fly OR at build time. I would also like to see how it then works into your master pages.
I don't mind page specific files being minified and linked inidividually as they currently are (see below) but all the JavaScript files on the main master page (I have about 5 or 6) I would like concatenated and minified.
Bonus points for anyone who also incorporates CSS concatenation and minification! :-)
Current master page with the common JavaScript files that I would like concatenated and minified:
<%@ Master Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewMasterPage" %>
<head runat="server">
... BLAH ...
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="AdditionalHead" runat="server" />
... BLAH ...
<%= Html.CSSBlock("/styles/site.css") %>
<%= Html.CSSBlock("/styles/jquery-ui-1.7.1.css") %>
<%= Html.CSSBlock("/styles/jquery.lightbox-0.5.css") %>
<%= Html.CSSBlock("/styles/ie6.css", 6) %>
<%= Html.CSSBlock("/styles/ie7.css", 7) %>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="AdditionalCSS" runat="server" />
</head>
<body>
... BLAH ...
<%= Html.JSBlock("/scripts/jquery-1.3.2.js", "/scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js") %>
<%= Html.JSBlock("/scripts/jquery-ui-1.7.1.js", "/scripts/jquery-ui-1.7.1.min.js") %>
<%= Html.JSBlock("/scripts/jquery.validate.js", "/scripts/jquery.validate.min.js") %>
<%= Html.JSBlock("/scripts/jquery.lightbox-0.5.js", "/scripts/jquery.lightbox-0.5.min.js") %>
<%= Html.JSBlock("/scripts/global.js", "/scripts/global.min.js") %>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="AdditionalJS" runat="server" />
</body>