Client-side JavaScript using YUI Compressor

[pqr]

Alfresco share supports compressed .js file. So is there anyway, whatever changes we make for example, in abc.js that automatically gets reflected into compressed file(abc-min.js) without using YUI compressor from command line.

[mikeh]

I'm not sure your question makes sense - you want the -min.js version to be generated without the YUI Compressor? You can copy the uncompressed .js into -min.js (i.e. it doesn't have to be compressed) but that rather defeats the purpose.

Look at the ant targets "minimize-slingshot-javascript" and "minimize-slingshot-deployed-javascript"

Mike

[pqr]

Thanks for the reply Mike

"automatically gets reflected" - for that, I meant,some other file(may be makefile) that runs in background during deployment of webscript. so each time, we dont need to do it manually,

or the other thing,

component.head.inc - which puts .js to -min.js, if I dont include that file in the webScript, is it ok or it would defeats the purpose.

[mikeh]

It depends what you're trying to achieve. If you're developing and want the browser to load the unminimised JavaScript, then set Share into debug mode by setting the client-debug flag to true (look in web-framework-config-application.xml).

Your other option is to change the <@script> tag into a <script> tag during development, which won't swap to the -min.js version at all.

What we use here is the "incremental-slingshot-tomcat-exploded" ant target, which copies the JavaScript across and then minimises it.

Thanks,
Mike