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Zend Framework: Zend_Filter_Minify_Javascript Component Proposal

Proposed Component Name Zend_Filter_Minify_Javascript
Developer Notes http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFDEV/Zend_Filter_Minify_Javascript
Proposers Nick Daugherty
Zend Liaison TBD
Revision 1.0 - 23 April 2010: Initial Draft. (wiki revision: 15)

Table of Contents

1. Overview

Zend_Filter_Minify_Javascript is a filter to minify Javascript code, reducing it's size while keeping all functionality intact

2. References

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

  • This component will minify Javascript.
  • This component will accept strings as input to the filter() method.
  • This component will implement Zend_Filter_Interface
  • This component will generate valid Javascript code
  • This component will implement an adapter system allowing for different methods of minification
  • This component will provide options for control of minification (such as opting not to remove comments, for example)

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

  • Zend_Filter
  • Zend_Filter_Interface
  • Zend_Filter_Exception

5. Theory of Operation

Minifying Javascript leads to faster load times on the client by reducing the overall size of Javascript code. This component aims to perform the work of removing comments, extra whitespace, etc while retaining the familiar Zend_Filter interface.

This component can be integrated into other framework components, such as HeadScript view helper for automatic Javascript minification.

The component is used like any other Zend_Filter_* component, passing the string to be minified to the filter() method.

6. Milestones / Tasks

  • Milestone 1: Working prototype checked into the incubator supporting minification of Javascript strings
  • Milestone 2: Working prototype checked into the incubator supporting minification of Javascript files (and optionally writing output to a file)
  • Milestone 3: Unit tests exist, work, and are checked into SVN.
  • Milestone 4: Initial documentation exists.

7. Class Index

  • Zend_Filter_Minify_Javascript
  • Zend_Filter_Minify_Javascript_JsMin
  • Zend_Filter_Minify_Interface

8. Use Cases

UC-01 Minifying a string of javascript

9. Class Skeletons

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4 Comments

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  1. May 23, 2010

    Daniel Knell

    <p>Instead of exclusively using crockfords JSMin what about splitting this class into several components, with others delegating to googles closure compiler or yahoos yui compressor? Both of those tools generate a significantly smaller file in my experience.</p>

    1. May 24, 2010

      Nick Daugherty

      <p>This is a good suggestion. We should have an adapter system for the actual minification, allowing the user to choose the minification method at runtime. So classes like Zend_Filter_Minify_Javascript_Adapter_Yui...we'll need to choose what the default adapter will be.</p>

  2. Jul 12, 2010

    Christoph, René Pardon

    <p>A few days ago i found this component: <a class="external-link" href="http://farhadi.ir/works/smartoptimizer">http://farhadi.ir/works/smartoptimizer</a><br />
    You may be interested in it.</p>

  3. Aug 24, 2010

    Ryan Mauger

    <ac:macro ac:name="note"><ac:rich-text-body><p><strong>Community Review Team Recommendation</strong></p>

    <p>The CR Team recommends this component be included as is for 1.11 and 2.0 into the Zend_Filter_Minify namespace</p>
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