Google opens up its JavaScript development toolbox (Closure) to all

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/11/google-opens-up-its-javascript-development-toolbox-to-all.ars

by _cbsz • 17 years ago

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_cbsz2• 17 years ago

This is huge. I've been wanting Closure as OSS ever since I interned at Google. The compiler is optimizing -- it is not a simple obfuscator like YUI Compressor.

jpeterson• 17 years ago

YUI is not just an obfuscator--it also minifies and dramatically reduces file sizes. Closure seems to outperform it in most cases, but to say that it's a "simple obfuscator" is a great disservice.

_cbsz2• 17 years ago

You're right, I meant "minifier".

rgrove• 17 years ago

YUI Compressor is not a simple obfuscator. It does quite a few safe optimizations, but it doesn't do anything that could break your code.

timf• 17 years ago

A lot of comments @ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=924426

axod• 17 years ago

Looks very very cool. Unfortunately quite a few of the examples didn't work when I tried them in Safari. Not sure why :/

Google opens up its JavaScript development toolbox (Closure) to all

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