2018-05-18 18:04 GMT, isabella parakiss <izaber...@gmail.com>: > compilers considered harmful because they make the source unreadable > > On 5/18/18, Hiltjo Posthuma <hil...@codemadness.org> wrote: >> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 05:22:43PM +0100, Martin Tournoij wrote: >>> On Fri, May 18, 2018, at 16:46, Thuban wrote: >>> > Does anyone has advice for a suckless tool to minify JS, CSS and HTML >>> > files? I use sed for now, but it might not be the best solution. >>> > >>> > Furthermore, I was wondering what is the opinion of the list about >>> > minifying CSS, JS >>> > and html files? >>> > - Do you minify on your websites ? Why ? >>> > - What tool do you use to do so? >>> >>> I wrote this a while ago: https://github.com/Carpetsmoker/singlepage >>> >>> The main goal isn't really to "minify" files, as such – although it can >>> do that – but more to bundle them in a single page. This allows me to >>> use the same CSS for several HTML documents while still serving a single >>> HTML document without any external dependencies (a concept that I like). >>> >>> As for my general thoughts on minification: use common sense. If you're >>> creating one of those pages with 3M of JavaScript then it probably makes >>> sense. If you're creating something more sane then it's probably just >>> wasted effort at best. >>> >> >> Don't create pages with 3MB of Javascript, that's insane. >> >> I think concatenation/bundling in one file is fine, but not minification, >> because it makes the source unreadable. Carefully evaluate what you >> actually >> use in the site. Don't use bloated Javascript (such as jQuery) and CSS >> frameworks >> (such as Bootstrap). >> >> Make sure to "gracefully fallback" so Javascript is not required. >> >> One of the latest trends in Javascript bundle compilation. For example >> have >> a >> look at the new Reddit layout. There all the CSS classnames are >> randomized. >> >> Stop this madness. >> >> -- >> Kind regards, >> Hiltjo
In the "semi-binary blobs which get rendered as cool documents" market, DjVu, PDF, CBZ are superior to HTML
