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by alastair 5348 days ago
Why isn't there a tool that analyzes which functions / features of jQuery your project is using and generates a smaller library with only the stuff you need?

I'm not really a developer so ignore if that's not possible / makes no sense.
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lucianof 5348 days ago
That plus server-side browser sniffing to serve only what the user's browser needs could result in an extremely reduced file size. But of course the PITA would then be to maintain that.
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JoachimSchipper 5347 days ago
Google's Closure compiler can apparently do that.
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JonnieCache 5347 days ago
Doesn't work on jquery. To use that functionality of the closure compiler without breaking your code, the source has to be annotated in a special way, or it has to be incredibly simple.
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JoachimSchipper 5347 days ago
I don't know much about this, but do you mean http://code.google.com/p/closure-compiler/source/browse/trun... ? That suggests that it will be available at some point, at least...
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