uglify-js: Detailed Overview & Metrics
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 optimization options such as mangling variable names, dead code removal, and tree shaking to further reduce file size.
Compared to other minification tools like Terser and Closure Compiler, Uglify-js is known for its speed and efficiency in producing highly compressed output. It is actively maintained and widely used in the JavaScript community for optimizing code for production environments.
Alternatives:
terser+
esbuild+
swc+
babel-minify+
google-closure-compiler+
rollup-plugin-terser+
uglifyjs-webpack-plugin+
clean-css+
cssnano+
parcel+
Tags: javascriptminificationoptimizationcompressionperformance