Closure-Compiler provides impressive minification and optimization on your JavaScript. However, not all code compiles equally. I recently worked on converting the jQuery Tooltip Plugin to be compatible with the ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS mode of the compiler. This process went smoothly for the most part, but there were a couple of tricky points along the way.
In contribution to the Google Closure-Compiler project, I wrote a small console application which parses the jQuery API XML and outputs an extern file. The program maps types referenced in the jQuery API to Closure compatible types. Download the jQueryExternGenerator (updated 5/6/2011 for jQuery 1.6) The program is run from a Windows command line with no […]
Web pages should load fast. Period. It’s irritating for any reason to wait on a computer. As a web developer, so many of the factors that go into page loading speed are outside of our control. However, some of the biggest ones are fixable with a minimal amount of work. The effort isn’t really justified […]
April 30, 2013 Update: Post and template updated to include a more modern application cache loading script as well as utilizing my GeolocationMarker code and the latest Maps API v3 options. Developing a map for mobile devices presents unique challenges. Not only must your user interface work on a small screen and be optimized for […]
In order to reduce file size and to optimize the code, the JavaScript used in the mobile versions of the campus map is compiled using Google’s Closure Compiler. The code is a combination of several different source files compiled into the final file. The compiler requires any references to libraries or functions outside of the […]