Comments on: How to minimize and combine your JavaScript on Compile using Visual Studio http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/ Less is more when you are focused. Sun, 20 May 2012 20:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: runatServer http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-130 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:45:26 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-130 This Solution currently worked for ASP.NET Web Application only! Not for ASP.NET Web Site Template + Web Deploymnet Project! This limits the possibilities.

]]> By: Mitch Labrador http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-29 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:10:45 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-29 my pleasure. cheers!

]]> By: Mitch Labrador http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-28 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:06:25 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-28 The blog comment engine keeps messing up my comment. Let’s try it this way:

the syntax for the command prompt is like this: jsmin test.js

The: “type ‘xyz.js’ | ….” command is used by the build system to read a text file and pipe it into another program in this case jsmin.exe

-Mitch

]]> By: Michael Iantosca http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-27 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:06:07 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-27 When I read your instructions I thought the “type” part was a human instruction – not a computer command – when I added type to the start fothe command it worked – DOH – thanks for your help – nice program, saved me tons of manual combining!

]]> By: Mitch Labrador http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-26 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:58:24 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-26 the syntax for the command prompt is like this:

jsmin test.js

The: “type ‘xyz.js’ | ….” command is used by the compiler to read a text file and pipe it into another program in this case jsmin.exe

]]> By: Michael Iantosca http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-25 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:46:17 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-25 if I run this from the command prompt it looks like it is trying to run the js

“home.debug.js” | jsmin > test.js

I get a windows script host error

]]> By: Michael Iantosca http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-24 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:31:48 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-24 sorry error 255

]]> By: Mitch Labrador http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-23 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:29:34 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-23 Hi Michael. This is most likely caused by jsmin being unable to minify one of the files being passed into it. What I would do is use the command prompt and run jsmin on each file individually so you can norrow it down to which script is causing the problem. This will give you a starting point to troubleshoot it.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: Michael Iantosca http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-22 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:24:14 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-22 I am getting an error code of 225 when trying to use jsmin.exe – can you tell me what that code means?

thanks
Michael

]]> By: Mitch Labrador http://mitchlabrador.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-21 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:25:39 +0000 http://mitchlabrador1.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/how-to-minimize-and-combine-your-javascript-on-compile-using-visual-studio/#comment-21 I also use helper methods in a bunch of other places to output common html bits. The idea is to keep it DRY.

Helper methods is the control story for ASP.NET MVC and other MVC implementations.

I have a library of helper controls that allow me to do something like this:
Html.Text("textbox1").label("First Name").Value(ModelData.Value).ValRequired

This will create a textbox it’s label, assign the value and add a required validator, all in one line of code. I use it for doing hover image tricks, AJAX submit etc.

Another example this one an AJAX call:
Html.Link("LinkName").onclick(JS.SubmitAjax('url").Post.UpdatePanel('panel1')

The posibilities are endless. Specially when you couple helper methods with the power jQuery.

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