Javascript in hgweb

[Laurens Holst]

Op 5/31/13 7:06 PM, Александр Плавин schreef:
> As I'm going to introduce much more (compared to now) javascript code 
> to hgweb this summer, wouldn't it be a good idea to run a minifier on 
> build? I'm sure there are some lightweight ones, and I could integrate 
> it to the makefile.

Ideally not, having unminified code improves the hackability of hgweb.

If you make sure it’s served with the right Last-Modified HTTP headers, 
it’ll be cached by the browser, and if you send it gzipped, minifying 
will probably have relatively little effect.

I’d say first implement the things that you plan to, then look at how 
much JavaScript you’ve got. At that point you could base the decision on 
the actual size, and if you want to, load time measurements.

~Laurens