thats why i minify on the fly !!!!, then its just one change in a .htaccess file to change a path and i can have packed or unpacked scripts ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Quadling" <rquadl...@googlemail.com> To: <prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 2:52 PM Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: Shrinking JS
> > 2009/3/20 Alex Mcauley <webmas...@thecarmarketplace.com>: >> >> ahh !! .. mine has mod_defalte and zlib compression all on the server >> anyway >> so i didnt need to !! ... >> >> I did notice that his method doesnt minify the files ... >> >> Each to their own >> >> Alex >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard Quadling" <rquadl...@googlemail.com> >> To: <prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:30 PM >> Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: Shrinking JS >> >> >>> >>> 2009/3/20 Alex Mcauley <webmas...@thecarmarketplace.com>: >>>> >>>> Thanks but i wasnt looking to do it, i just had an idea !! >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Alex >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Richard Quadling" <rquadl...@googlemail.com> >>>> To: <prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 11:46 AM >>>> Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: Shrinking JS >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2009/3/20 Richard Quadling <rquadl...@googlemail.com>: >>>>> 2009/3/20 Jeztah <webmas...@thecarmarketplace.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>> After a little playing ove the last couple of days i came up with a >>>>>> nice easy way of shrinking many js files on the fly into 1 file ... >>>>>> this will speed up load time heavily on heavy javascript loaded >>>>>> sites ..... the code is php and is very simple .. it also uses >>>>>> http://www.crockford.com/javascript/jsmin.html to achieve its goal >>>>>> ... >>>>>> >>>>>> Now i must say in my tests sites with 3 or less large javascript >>>>>> includes this wil not speed up much - infact it wil be slower ... >>>>>> >>>>>> My tests are as follows .. >>>>>> >>>>>> Using >>>>>> >>>>>> Latest Prototype.js >>>>>> Latest Scriptaculous.js >>>>>> Latest Effects.js >>>>>> >>>>>> [phpcode] >>>>>> require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/resources/includes/server/ >>>>>> jsmin.php'); // jsmin >>>>>> $docroot=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; >>>>>> // array values need changing to reflect your include path(s) >>>>>> $jsArray=array( "p"=>"$docroot/resources/includes/client/proto.js", >>>>>> "f"=>"$docroot/resources/includes/client/functions.js", >>>>>> "s"=>"$docroot/resources/includes/client/scriptaculous.js", >>>>>> "e"=>"$docroot/resources/includes/client/effects.js" >>>>>> >>>>>> ); >>>>>> $required_js=explode(",",$_GET['load']); >>>>>> foreach($required_js as $reqkey=>$reqvalue) { >>>>>> echo JSMin::minify(file_get_contents($jsArray[$reqvalue])); >>>>>> } >>>>>> [/phpcode] >>>>>> Usage: >>>>>> URI -> js_load_min.php?load=p,s,e,f >>>>>> >>>>>> will go through the array and find the relevant files, then echo them >>>>>> out into one big file (minified on the fly) - this gets round the "2 >>>>>> requests per domain Async" loading issues some people have with >>>>>> multiple CDNS and lots of remote images/includes - it can easily be >>>>>> ported to get the files remotely and some caching of some sort would >>>>>> easily be added ... >>>>>> >>>>>> On my test i loaded 5 javascript files from the same server as the >>>>>> page on thier own and page load was 4 seconds ... after using the >>>>>> above code i got the load time down to averageing 1.5 seconds per >>>>>> refresh. >>>>>> >>>>>> Then testing with only 3 files (prototype,scriptac,effects) the >>>>>> normal >>>>>> load method was around 1.8 seconds on 1st load, then dropped to 0.8 >>>>>> (AVG) per refresh .. while the method above was 1.5 seconds on every >>>>>> load and refresh >>>>>> >>>>>> Someone may find this usefull / interesting and perhaps likes the >>>>>> concept and may want to do something with it, i dont have time at the >>>>>> moment !!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Alex >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://rakaz.nl/item/make_your_pages_load_faster_by_combining_and_compressing_javascript_and_css_files >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ----- >>>>> Richard Quadling >>>>> Zend Certified Engineer : >>>>> http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 >>>>> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" >>>>> >>>> >>>> I had to do some minor mods for IE6 to this. But it works REALLY well. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ----- >>>> Richard Quadling >>>> Zend Certified Engineer : >>>> http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 >>>> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>> >>> No problem. Just saving you becoming a wheel maker. >>> >>> The one I linked to uses gzip to compress the files and then caches >>> them on the server. That way, whenever a change is made, everyone gets >>> a new pre-cached compressed file. No need to re-compress it. This >>> means the actual transfer goes from many hits to none, once cached. >>> >>> It works really well on our intranet (IE6, IE7, FF, Chrome, Safari, >>> Opera - Windows, Linux desktop and Macs). >>> >>> Richard. >>> >>> -- >>> ----- >>> Richard Quadling >>> Zend Certified Engineer : >>> http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 >>> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" >>> >>> > >>> >> >> >> > >> > > That was easy to add in. The main reason I chose not to in the end was > that the caching deals with it all anyway. Having the server handle > the compression is a good thing too. If you are not in control of the > server, then having to do it yourself and dealing with the crap IE6 > says is an area where you can have some fun. > > As for minification, how does that impact on JS debugging? > > > -- > ----- > Richard Quadling > Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 > "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. 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