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Bundling and minification with CMS 12 (.NET 6)

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We are working on an upgrade from .NET 4.6.1, CMS 11, and Commerce 13 to .NET 6, CMS 12, and Commerce 14.

We are currently using the built-in bundling functionality in .NET Framework (in System.Web.Optimization) as well as Web Compiler, and Bundler & Minifier (by Mads Kristensen). 
What is everyone using to accomplish bundling and minification going forward onto .NET 6 given that there is no longer any native support for bundling and Mads Kristensen has stated that he would no longer be supporting the Web Compiler and Bundler & Minifier?

Microsoft throws out WebOptimizer by Mads Kristensen as a replacement but I have been seeing issues reported suggesting that it doesn't actually work with .NET 6.

I opened a ticket with support to ask their opinion but I wanted to see what the hive-mind thought as well.

#292510
Nov 30, 2022 23:10
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Hi 

Have you encountered the issue? From what I can see the issue has been fixed (see 1st link below). 

FIX ASP.NET Core 6 default file provider by MeikelLP · Pull Request #219 · ligershark/WebOptimizer (github.com)

#292511
Dec 01, 2022 4:59
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I have not yet tried implementing it. I'm in the information gathering phase now. I was scared off of WebOptimizer by the following issues that have been reported since the PR above was included:
https://github.com/ligershark/WebOptimizer/issues/239

https://github.com/ligershark/WebOptimizer/issues/232

https://github.com/dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs/issues/27645

https://github.com/dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs/issues/20808 (When guardrex talks about it being "fixed", I think he's just talking about one specifc issue and not that the whole thing is "fixed" to work with .NET 6.)

#292522
Dec 01, 2022 14:24
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Hi agibbles

Thanks for the additional info. It sounds you're looking for bundling and minification strategy if I correctly understand this time :) Unfortunately, I think ASP.NET core no longer offer native bundling and minification solution. I don't find any better and active maintained solution than WebOptimizer.

Most of the clients I worked start using client-side tooling e.g. Gulp / Webpack / Vite / Rollup. You have more support tooling and choice than server side. In addition, Client-side bundling and minifying happened before deployment and it provides the advantage of reduced server load. 

IMHO, I would highly recommend considering client-side bundling and minification strategy during the upgrade to CMS 12 and Commerce 14. 

#292567
Dec 02, 2022 1:43
Andreas J - Dec 02, 2022 12:10
Came to say the same thing - use a bundler like Webpack, it's a better solution even though it might imply changing your release pipeline.
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I wanted to add that I heard back from Oprimizely support and they said that they had no recommendation beyond just directing me to Microsoft's documentation.

#292700
Dec 05, 2022 14:28
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