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Chirpy is a Visual Studio plug-in that can mash, minify, and validate JavaScript code, CSS, LESS files, and more. Chirpy can also auto-update T4MVC and other T4 templates.

Chirpy is a Visual Studio plug-in that will automatically use Google Closure Tools, YUI Compressor for .NET, Ajax Minifier, or Uglify.js to mash, minify, and validate JavaScript code, CSS, LESS, CoffeeScript, and more.

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Why/how do browsers know to cache content (html,css,js,etc) when not explicitly instructed to do so

I was looking at Chirpy for css/js minifying,compression, etc. I noticed it doesn't support caching. It doesn't have any logic for sending expires headers, etags, etc. The absence of this feature made me question if caching content is not as much…
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Chirpy LESS choking on "filter" css property, other misc errors

I recently installed Chirpy v2.01 for Visual Studio 2010 and am very excited about the features it offers. I'm running into some issues in the LESS domain, however. As a first step, I copied over my existing .css file to a new LESS file. I…
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When using YUI Compression viaChirpy to Mash Css files how can I get round relative URLs?

I am attempting to use Chirpy to mash all the CSS files from various sub directories into a single file. This works to the extent that I get a single minified file containing all of the CSS. The problem I am having is that the CSS files that are…
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How to get Chirpy to update mashed files when edits are made

I've just begun using Chirpy, and it's frigging amazing. One problem I'm having is that I'm unable to get it to update the mashed file(s) when an edit is made in one of the "sub" files. IE: If I have a mashed file called "site.css" (via my…
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Zippy Chirp - 100% CPU

I installed Chirpy under VS 2010 SP1, created a small all.chirp.config and saved it. The Output windows displays the line: ConfigEngine -- C:\Users\me\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\MyPrj\Website\Content\all.chirp.config over and over and…
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How do I set JSHint options using Chirpy?

I am using Chirpy (http://chirpy.codeplex.com/) inside Visual Studio 2010 and I've got JSHint running. The problem is, I don't know how to set the options for JSHint, or even to see what options are on by default. I tried the inline syntax (see…
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DotLess (.less) master.less file for variables and functions

Is there any way to utilize a master.less file to house all of the necessary config parameters for .less? I've got the following variables that I currently have to put at the top of each .less file in my solution. /* DOTLESS VARIABLES AND REUSABLE…
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Chirpy does not create code behind files?

Apparently I installed the Chripy Add-In for Visual Studio 2010, it does appear in the Add-In manager, I did configure the Coffee-Script path to my local coffee.exe file, but still nothing shows up in Visual Studio, when I add a .coffee file to the…
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Chirpy doesn't recognise my config file???

I have added a config file to my project called mash.chirp.config but there are no code behind files created when I save? Thanks
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How to get Chirpy working with JS and mash.config

I just downloaded and installed the most recent version of Chirpy [Nude Chirpy v1.0.0.5.3] I created a "mash.less.chirp.config" file in my CSS directory, and it's compressing/minifying very spectacularly!!! …
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Chirpy tutorial or documentation

I want to use Chirpy to minify my js files. Unfortunately, I can't find any documentation. The only link given is down. EDIT: if someone knows of a better tool, feel free to propose it.
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Using Chirpy in VS2012?

I'm trying to set Chirpy up - we are moving from MS Visual Studio 2010 to 2012. I know that it should end up in the Addins folder, but I do not see it listed under tools -> addins. Any thoughts? We're using an older version (for Github, no one…
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Why is chirpy not creating a debug mashed javascript file?

I have hte following mash.chirp.config file …
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Using Chirpy with Razor Syntax

I've just started using Chirpy (Both v2.01 and v2.03 - http://chirpy.codeplex.com/), and whilst it works great with .js and .css files, I'm having a bit of trouble with any Razor Syntax in VS 2010. Essentially, I have a Razor file which looks like…
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T4MVC using with external javascript files

Is it possible to use T4MVC in an external js file? I include a js file in my cshtml file and in MyScript.js i have the following in a function @Url.Action(MVC.MyController.MyAction()) but it never get compiled to its Action name (thought that…
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