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New to Zippy? Check out Zippy 101 before feasting your virgin eyes on the mind-blowing content expunged below this delicate line:

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Already know sir Zippy biblically? Well, then. Due to overwhelming demand (and a deadly case of the avian bird flu), Chirpy (aka Chirpy Zippy) is now available as an Alpha release on CodePlex. Check it out.

The Codeplex project includes installers for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010. All you have to do: download the installer of your dreams, and click Next four hundred (hyperbolic) times.

If you’re old fashioned, you’re still more than welcome to install Chirpy using the steps detailed in this post.

Once Zippy is installed, you’ll be amazed by the new spectacle of love-shaped features that now adorn your IDE. If you don’t already know about the old features, you can check out my previous Chirpy post.

Don’t worry. Just like before, you can still use the “.chirp.js”, “.chirp.css”, “.chirp.less”, and “.chirp.config” extensions. But, thanks to magic-maker Francis Noel, you’ll also be able to use these extensions:

• “.yui.js” — Use YUI compressor to compress your javascript file.
• “.whitespace.js” — Use Google Closure Tools to remove the whitespaces from your javascript file.
• “.simple.js” — Use Google Closure Tools to compress your javascript file with simple optimizations.
• “.chirp.js” — This extension is not new to Chirpy (me knows this), but when you create a “.chirp.js” file, Chirpy will try his best to pick the most optimized compression technique for the file that you’ve fed him. Good times.

That’s all for now. If you have any suggestions, or any issues, or any complaints please let me know.

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