Bundling querysting token is not being generated

Question

I'm trying the new Web.Optimizations bundling and minimizer and have followed the examples but it is not generating the token portion of the query string:

bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/Scripts/test")
    .Include(
        "~/Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js"
    )
);

But the rendered HTML is

<script src="/Scripts/test" type="text/javascript"></script>

What happened to the query string token? I expected it to render something like

<script src="/Scripts/test?v=8HZAB6C8ZnrIPYNFzMQKt0AR4AUsUYBjxPPkbGSRIZo1" type="text/javascript"></script>

I do have debug set to false in web.config

EDIT: Just to clarify - the bundling and minimization DOES work. But it is not generating a querystring token in the form of ?v=random

Answer 1

If you are in debug it does not bundle. Debug must be turned off to get it to bundle using the token.

From tutorial:

Bundling and minification is enabled or disabled by setting the value of the debug attribute in the compilation Element in the Web.config file

You can override that behavior with:

BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = true;

Answer 2

You need to use Styles.Render method in your view:

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

You also need to disable debug mode from Web.config:

<system.web>
    <compilation debug="false" targetFramework="4.5" />
</system.web>