From: Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>
To: Edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com
Subject: Re: [Edbrowse-dev] js befuddle
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 08:18:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a9bmaaee.fsf@mushroom.PK5001Z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140315103711.eklhad@comcast.net> (Karl Dahlke's message of "Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:37:11 +0000")
Karl Dahlke <eklhad@comcast.net> writes:
> called js_befuddle(), that strips the whitespace and comments
It's called a JS minifier, and they're quite common. When I worked at
Google, we used something called Closure, which compiles JS into
"compact, optimized code". Part of my work there involved writing the
occasional JavaScript. I'd write nice readable JavaScript, and Closure
would compile it into the inscrutable dog vomit of which you speak.
Minification is part of that compilation process.
I'm not spilling any secrets, as Closure is available to the general
public.
-- Chris
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