Is there an #IF DEBUG for Asp.net markup?
<form runat="server"> <% #if DEBUG %> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server">You're in debug mode</asp:TextBox> <% #else %> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server">Mmm... No, I think you're not in debug mode</asp:TextBox> <% #endif %></form>
Note that you cannot assign the same ID for those text boxes.
Also note that DEBUG is true when it is set so in web.config:
<compilation debug="true">
The close as I can get is:
<asp:Literal id="isDebug" runat="server" /><script runat="server"> void Page_Load() {#if DEBUG isDebug.Text = "You're in debug mode";#endif }</script>
This would give you problems if you wanted to have anything else in your Page_Load() event; the literal code above only works if the page/control has no code behind.
If I needed to do this, I would encapuslate the above code into a user control and include that control in the pages of interest.
My test user control looks like this:
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" %><asp:Literal id="isDebug" runat="server" /><script runat="server"> void Page_Load() {#if DEBUG isDebug.Text = "You're in debug mode";#endif }</script>
If you are trying to step through javascript or prefer to minify javascript when not debugging, I prefer this approach:
<% if (Debugger.IsAttached) { %> <script src="jquery.js"></script><% } else { %> <script src="jquery.min.js"></script><% } %>
I can easily step through code when I am debugging, otherwise I want the scripts to be minified. Be sure to include the following import:
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Diagnostics" %>
Moreover, it is nice to use the Web Essentials visual studio extension to bundle/minify your javascript files so that there is only one request made to the server for your scripts.