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Minify jQuery based js files

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We are using jQuery in our project. We have numerous custom javascript files in our web-app that have UDFs utilizing the jQuery features. We need to reduce the size (as a part of performance improvement activities) and I am looking for a reliable 'minifier' for these files (it would be great if the same tool could minify the CSS files too)

We tried JSLint and JSMin - but JSLint does not complete and throws many exceptions as soon as it encounters jQuery code.

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Vini Avatar asked May 08 '09 18:05

Vini

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The YUI Compressor is a tool I use, it compresses both JS and CSS well, and it is written in Java (so you can work it into a build process via ant).

Someone's even made an online version of it.

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Dan Lew Avatar answered Oct 19 '22 17:10

Dan Lew

There's also a .NET port of YUI Compressor which allows you to:-

  • intergrate the minification/file combining into Visual Studio post-build events
  • intergrate into a TFS Build (including CI)
  • if you wish to just use the dll's in your own code (eg. on the fly minification).

because this is a port of the (original) java version YUI Compressor, which a few peeps mention above, it should give you the same results BUT all in the .NET environment -- no need for java.

HTH.

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Pure.Krome Avatar answered Oct 19 '22 17:10

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