ASP.NET and System.Web.Optimization not bundling css / js files

Question

I'm trying to use the bundling features of System.Web.Optimization to minify my css and java script.

I have installed the pre release via NuGet

Install-Package Microsoft.Web.Optimization -Pre

and added the following references to my web.config files

/Views/Web.config

<pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
  <namespaces>
    .....
    <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
  </namespaces>
</pages>

/Web.config

<pages>
  <namespaces>
    .....
    <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
  </namespaces>
</pages>

I am adding bundles like so

bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/Styles").IncludeDirectory("~/Styles", "*.css"));
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/Scripts/App").IncludeDirectory("~/Scripts/App", "*.js"));

and rendering to my page like this

@Styles.Render("~/Styles")
@Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/App")

Which works great until I turn off debug

<compilation debug="false" targetFramework="4.0" />

The link and script tag added to my page are

<link href="/Styles?v=NMwU-eYeuzJZeywD3xbes6ngUXXJURhda30SEe9mb7Y1" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="/Scripts/App?v=NIL6McOTiWu9OPTVvgMfbmjFtYQhKZDQpRIbKK2kzSk1"></script>

Looking at Chromes network tab I get a 302 redirecting to

/Styles
/Scripts/App

Followed by a 404 :(

I can't seem to get this to work.... has anyone seen a similar issue?

Hank · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-30 19:24:01Z

1

Do you maybe have a conflict with your routing code?

Rick Anderson has a blog post about the bundling / minification features, including a note that you must be careful to avoid routing conflicts. You haven't posted your routing section, but it's something to take a look at.

answered Jan 30, 2013 at 19:24

Hank

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