[Javascript] external scripts

[Gee, David]

This might be what you're looking for:

http://nebiru.com/jscruncherpro/

Essentially, it "compiles" your scripts. I haven't used it myself, but
it seems like a good tool. 

David


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dougherty [mailto:mdougherty at pbp.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 10:10 AM
To: [JavaScript List]
Subject: [Javascript] external scripts


I have a client-side browser app composed of about 20 external scripts
totalling about 90k

I viewed this site over dial-up and realized there has to be some
optimization to make the site 
more palatable for dial-up (and consequently improve performance on
broadband too)

I'm guessing a single monolithic script file would be retrieved and
cached by the browser more 
efficiently than 20 separate files - is this a correct assumption?

I also have inline comments in the script- these are useful for whatever
developer go back to the 
source for upgrades, but serve only to bulk up the download for the
customer.  

Since I'm going to collect these 20+ separate scripts into a single
download anyway, I plan to 
remove the comments too.  Can someone provide me with the regexp to
remove everything between /* 
and */?  (the / needs to be escaped, and isn't the * a wildcard?  i
really don't "get" regexp like 
i want to)

What is the 'best practice' for maintaining readible source code for
developer use and 
pseudo-compiled script for browser consumption?
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