Uglify-js is a popular JavaScript minification tool used to compress and optimize JavaScript code by removing unnecessary characters, whitespace, and comments. It helps reduce the size of JavaScript files, making them load faster and improving overall performance. Uglify-js offers various options for customization, such as mangling variable names and transforming code to make it more compact.
Compared to other minification tools like Terser and Closure Compiler, Uglify-js is known for its speed and efficiency in reducing file size. It is actively maintained and widely used in the JavaScript community for optimizing code for production environments.
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