Is obsfucation worthwhile?

Question

Does it make sense to obsfucate Javascript? The only clear benefits I can see are to hide code (albeit non-proprietary in nature since it's client-side) from prying eyes and as a minimizer since often Javascript obsfucators do minimization as well.

Answer 1

I do not think that JavaScript obfuscation is worth the effort for concealment purposes in most general scenarios. However, minification is worth-it, for many reasons, which as you mentioned, has the minor side-effect of obfuscating code as well.

Answer 2

Well, if its not some cutting edge javascript code that should not be easily copied and reproduced, and the script is not too big in bytes, i would not do the bother. Its a bit hassle to do the obfuscating each time you need a deploy, and the benefit is small.

That is, the script is not too big , and code does not to be protected.

(even obfuscation does not really protect your code, just make it abit harder to understand)