Minimize the entire project by compressing the .css, .js, and .html files

After recently incorporating Grunt into my workflow, I was thrilled with how it streamlined the process of minifying/concatenating .css files and minifying/uglify/concatenating .js files. With Grunt watch and express, I was able to automate compiling and restarting the server seamlessly. However, my excitement turned to concern when I noticed an overwhelming 85 instances of the ".wrapper" class in my style.css file. This class, utilized in my templates (jQuery.tmpl), as well as .js files, prompted me to explore the idea of uglifying my .css files. Inspired by the compact classes found in gmail's source code, I set out to replace all occurrences of '.wrapper' with a shorter alternative like '.w'. How can I efficiently uglify all classes and ids in .js, .html, and .css files collectively?

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Answer №1

When you "uglify" something, there are typically 2-3 processes involved:

  1. Minification - Removing unnecessary whitespace from text files.
  2. Obfuscation - Renaming variables and classes into shorter names to save space.
  3. Concatenation - Merging multiple files together to reduce HTTP requests.

It seems like the focus here is on obfuscation, so let's delve into that. Two tools that I'm aware of which work quite well in a build process are:

  1. HTML Muncher - This Python-based tool is about 5 years old and can handle HTML, CSS, and JS files. However, it struggles with escaped class/id names and special characters, preferring alphanumerics. Additionally, the obfuscated names aren't as concise as desired due to hashing.

  2. The css-loader utilized within Webpack - With Webpack, we can use loaders to transform and bundle front-end dependencies. The css-loader features Local Scope, enabling customizable renaming based on webpack config. While setup can be tricky and integrating obfuscated class names into HTML files is challenging, the potential benefits are significant if successfully implemented.

Currently, unless Webpack integration is feasible or you can overcome HTML Muncher limitations, obfuscating CSS may not be worthwhile at this juncture.

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