Set up Chirpy

1. get Chirpy by going here and clicking the big green "Download" button
2. open Chirpy.vsi which should bring up an installation wizard
3. after completing the wizard, install Google Closure from here
4. assuming you are using Windows 7, move compiler.jar (in compiler.zip) to C:\Users\\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Addins
5. download and install the Java SE Development Kit 7
6. right-click on the "My Computer" at your desktop and then select Properties
7. when the Properties dialog box appears, first navigate to the Advanced tab and then click the "Environment Variables..." button
8. at Environment Variables:
   
      create a variable for JAVA_HOME with
      C:\Program Files\Java\jre7 as the value
   
      open the Path variable and splice
      ;C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin onto the end of the string
   
      
      

further prep steps at Visual Studio

1. at Tools > Options > Chirpy > Javascript (js) ...uncheck "run JS Hint" and change .chirp.js to .full.js
2. at Tools > Options > Chirpy > Google Closure Compiler ...check "Use Offline Compression"
3. CSS Is Less in another Visual Studio Add-in to install