[Humppa]

Hi,

in my mind the Google JavaScript Closure Compiler is very usefull and I would love to see it to be integrated in MyEclipse IDE.

http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/closure/compiler/

Google provides it as an jar file, for offline use. But they also offer a web service and a web gui:
– http://closure-compiler.appspot.com/home
– http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/closure/compiler/docs/gettingstarted_app.html

What does it do?
It optimizes and shrinks java script code.
Here is some example code:

function sayHumppa(name)
{
    alert(name + " says" + " " + "humppa");
}
sayHumppa("Sepp");

If you compile it using the ‘simple’ option it shrinks to:

function sayHumppa(a){alert(a+" says humppa")}sayHumppa("Sepp");

But if you compile it using the ‘advanced’ option the following code will be generated:

alert("Sepp says humppa");

It would be really great to see it being integrated into MyEclipse, so the Closure Compiler runs automatically on all *.js files when you deploy your web-project.
Maybe an option to disable the closure compiler for Debuging would be also usefull then.

Or is there a way to integrate the compiler manually?

Regards
Humppa

[Loyal Water]

Humppa,
Thank you for your feedback. This is a brilliant idea and I’m going to file an enhancement request right away.

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