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RickyAYoder
RickyAYoder

Reputation: 991

Minify JavaScript with JavaScript?

Since I've heard people whining how PHP can't handle it, how about minifying JavaScript with JavaScript itself? I want something that I can just copy and paste and use right away--my JS file is about 17KB and I know I can reduce it to about 15KB easily.

And I want to be able to do it right on the server. I don't want to have to go to a website such as jscompress.com every time I make changes to my script.

Again, I would like something like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts.php?file_to_minify=scripts_template.js"></script>

And then I would just let JS minify it on the PHP file.

Now, I do have second thoughts...Would this even work???

Your help is appreciated. Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 180

Answers (1)

Romski
Romski

Reputation: 1942

Personally, I would look to have a local version of my site, with all source/configuration files under version control. You could then have a release script that would prepare your files for upload, including minifying your javascript using a command line tool.

This ensures that you don't lose anything if you make a mistake, also it makes build of your site repeatable. This should be requirement for a production site, and is useful for a personal/hobby site (no-one likes losing changes/breaking things with no way back).

Upvotes: 1

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