pas2js minifier: what changed

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1	1		# Overview
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3	3		This page explains ways to reduce and/or compress the pas2js generated JavaScript.
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5	5		For a complete list of optimizations, including ideas not yet implemented, see [[Pas2js optimizations]]
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7	7		# Omit unneeded code
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9	9		- Use pas2js option -Jc to generate one JavaScript program. This allows the compiler to use Whole Program Optimization (wpo) to determine all unused identifiers.
10	10		- Use -O1 to omit unused identifiers. If a record/class is used, every unused member/method is omitted.
11	11		- By default published properties/methods are kept and will generate type information (RTTI). If you don't need that you can ...
12	12		- use {\$modeswitch omitrtti} (since pas2js 1.1), which treats class section 'published' as 'public' and typeinfo() does not work on symbols declared with this switch.
13	13		- use -OoRemoveNotUsedPublished to omit all published properties not referenced at compile time.
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15	15		# Third party minifier
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17	17		There are several free minifiers for JavaScript. A minifier removes unneeded characters and replaces some code without changing its functionality.
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19	19		Sourcemaps: Keep in mind that third party minifiers usually makes the source map of pas2js unusable, so use the third party minifier only for the release version.
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21	21		As an example here is how to use uglifyjs with pas2js:
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23	23		## Windows
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25	25		- Download and install "node" form <https://nodejs.org/en/download/>
26	26		- Start the "Node.js command prompt". This starts a console, which is setup with an environment for Node.js and npm.
27	27		- In the prompt type
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29		-	~~`npm install uglify-js -g`~~
	29	+	```text
	30	+	npm install uglify-js -g
	31	+	```
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31	33		and press \<enter\> This will download and install uglifyjs as a command line app. Test it by typing
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33		-	~~`uglifyjs -h`~~
	35	+	```text
	36	+	uglifyjs -h
	37	+	```
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35	39		This should give the list of uglifyjs options.
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37	41		- After install restart applications like Lazarus so they get the new PATH, which is needed by uglifyjs to work.
38	42		- Find out the path of uglifyjs.cmd, for example by typing where uglifyjs
39	43		- In Lazarus:
40	44		- With pas2js 1.1: Add to the custom compiler options "-JpcmdC:\path\of\uglifyjs.cmd". Note that -Jpcmd is case sensitive.
41	45		- With pas2js 1.0: Set the Execute After command: C:\path\of\uglifyjs.cmd -oproject1.js project1.js. Replace project1.js with the name of your js file.
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43	47		## Linux/MacOS
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45	49		- Install npm
46	50		- Open a terminal and do:
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48		-	~~`sudo npm install uglify-js -g`~~
	52	+	```text
	53	+	sudo npm install uglify-js -g
	54	+	```
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50	56		This will download and install uglifyjs as a command line app. Test it by typing
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52		-	~~`uglifyjs -h`~~
	58	+	```text
	59	+	uglifyjs -h
	60	+	```
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54	62		This should give the list of uglifyjs options.
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56	64		- In Lazarus:
57	65		- With pas2js 1.1: Add to the custom compiler options -Jpcmduglifyjs. This is the option -Jpcmd plus the path to uglifyjs.
58	66		- With pas2js 1.0: Set the Execute After command: uglifyjs -oproject1.js project1.js. Replace project1.js with the name of your js file.
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61	69		From the Free Pascal wiki, page "pas2js minifier", as it stood on 2021-03-28 after a change by Mattias2, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).
62	70		Category: Pas2js

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