How can I compact/minimize/pack my javascript?

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What do you use to minimize and compress JavaScript libraries?

Sometimes you'll see two different files like "jquery.1.3.2.js" and "jquery.1.3.2-min.js". The "min" version has all the whitespace and comments removed.

Is there a tool that will do that for me or do I have to do it manually?

Answer 1

here is one way: YUI Compressor

Answer 2

You could use YUI and Google has recently released its Closure Comiler however, the latter tends to fail with jQuery

Answer 3

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/compressor/

Answer 4

The two most popular solutions are JSMin and YUI Compressor.

Answer 5

In order to minify your Javascript code, you can use YUI Compressor or JSMin as recommended by Yahoo (http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2007/07/high%5Fperformanc%5F8.html)

Answer 6

There are several tool available to do this. Just to name a few:

• JsMin
• Google Closure
• YUI Comporessor
• Microsoft Ajax Minifier

Answer 7

Yes. The term you're looking for is "minify" your javascript.

Jsmin, Packer, and ShrinkSafe are all good tools. But the leader is YUI Compressor.