[ColdBox 4.1.0] Why jsmin is not converted to module?

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1

Is there any reason on non converting JsMin plugin to module?

Is there a different module that we should use?

2

I have not converted it to a Module because I am no longer using it anymore.

But please go ahead and fork and update or I can give you access to the repo.

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3

I’m having issues using JSMin through cbcompat. We’re talking about building one in node and hooking it to our SVN Commit.

Out of curiosity, what are you using now Luis?

4

My 2 cents (even though you asked Luis, sorry): Just use Grunt or Gulp instead of reinventing the wheel, if at all possible. They are both very effective at handling minification, with a number of options, and can just run in the background while you are working.

I generally set up an application so that the development environment serves the original versions and production uses the minified ones. If you set it up right, it’s just a path prefix conditional (e.g. getSetting("environment") == 'development'):

Here’s an example Gruntfile.js uglification config, with all of the minified files being placed (recursively) in to includes/js/opt, which is the path that is used in production.

uglify: {
         viewJS: {
            options: {
            mangle: true,
            compress: true,
            // the banner is inserted at the top of the output
            banner: '/*! Copyright <%= grunt.template.today("yyyy") %> - Silo Web (Compiled: <%= grunt.template.today("dd-mm-yyyy") %>) */\n'
            },
            files: [{
              expand: true,
              cwd: 'includes/js',
              src: 'view/**/*.js',
              dest: 'includes/js/opt/'
            }]
        },
        modelJS: {
            options: {
            mangle: true,
            compress: true,
            // the banner is inserted at the top of the output
            banner: '/*! Copyright <%= grunt.template.today("yyyy") %> - Silo Web (Compiled: <%= grunt.template.today("dd-mm-yyyy") %>) */\n'
            },
            files: [{
              expand: true,
              cwd: 'includes/js',
              src: 'model/**/*.js',
              dest: 'includes/js/opt/'
            }]
        }
    }

then just watch those directories for changes and re-uglify when they do:

watch: {
    jsView: {
        files: ['includes/js/view/*.js','includes/js/view/widgets/*.js'],
        tasks: ['uglify:viewJS']
    },
    jsModel: {
        files: ['includes/js/model/*.js'],
        tasks: ['uglify:modelJS']
    }
}
5

We now use jons approach as well. I saw adverse side effects with minification on the fly.

Now. Since CommandBox supports modules we will move jsmin as a CommandBox module so we can do this via cli

Luis Majano
CEO
Ortus Solutions, Corp
www.ortussolutions.com
P/F: 1-888-557-8057

6

good stuff, I’m going to try the grunt solution, thanks guys!