Bundling and Minification .net mvc 3

Question

I had successfully been able to bund my JS script and CSS style sheet on one file each using the bundling functionally offered by "system.web.optimization"

public static void RegisterBundler(BundleCollection bundles)
        {
            bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/CDN/Content/_LayoutNotAuth").Include("~/CDN/Content/style.css", "~/CDN/Content/select2.css", "~/CDN/Content/StyleUpdates.css", "~/CDN/Content/jquery-ui-1.8.21.custom.css", "~/CDN/Content/jquery.qtip.min.css", "~/CDN/Content/htmlfeedback.css", "~/CDN/Content/facebookInputToken.css", "~/CDN/content/notifications/jquery.gritter.css"));
            bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/CDN/Scripts/_LayoutNotAuth").Include("~/CDN/Scripts/jquery-1.7.1.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/modernizr-1.7.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/notifications.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/menu.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery-ui-1.8.23.custom.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/Notifications/jquery.gritter.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.qtip.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/json2.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.signalR.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.validate.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/inputs.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/select2.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.simplemodal.1.4.2.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/htmlfeedback/html2canvas.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/htmlfeedback/jquery.htmlfeedback.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.blockUI.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.tokeninput.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/RechercheProjet/ProjectSearch.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/jquery.address-1.5.min.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/RechercheProjet/ContractorSearch.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/Contact/ProfileContact.js", "~/CDN/Scripts/RechercheProjet/resultats_recherche.js"));

        }

I’m wondering if I can automatically minify the resulting files using "system.web.optimization" .

Answer 1

To disable bundling and minification use this (this will disable optimization even if debug=true in web.config)

System.Web.Optimization.BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = false;

If you put EnableOptimizations = true this will bundle and minify even if debug=true in web.config

Answer 2

By default all files included in the Bundle would indeed be minified as well, but only in Release mode.

If you want to enable it in Debug mode as well, try adding this to your RegisterBundle method:

BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = true;