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kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsA single file for deployment
Andrew mentioned something to the effect that you should use one file when deploying your application so you don't end up making multiple requests.
How do you go about that and which file should you use?
3 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsThe easiest way I think is to use a javascript task runner like Grunt or Gulp. Either will do just fine. They use slightly different syntax to write your tasks, Grunt is more JSON like, while Gulp is more jQuery like. But both have a ton of plugins to help you do everything you would want to do.
The nice part is that you can break your java script up into as many files as makes sense to you. You can write and code in a developer friendly way. Than have Grunt or Gulp minify, and concatenate all of your javascript and files into one, super lean, no whitespace, unreadable file. Than serve that one file for maximum performance.
As far as file name, it doesn't matter...take your pick.
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 PointsKabir,
If I understand right, Andrew's just separating functionality into separate JS files for clarity, not convention. In the real world, you could simply combine all this code into a single JS file--no task runner setup (like Gulp, etc.) necessary.
kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsThanks, James. That helps too.
Oly Su
6,119 PointsHi there,
Just to add onto Kevin Korte's reply - my preference is using Gulp to concatenate all the JS files into one, and then minify with Uglify - this is the JS file that gets used in the production environment.
Treehouse recently introduced the Gulp course, and I highly recommend checking it out http://teamtreehouse.com/library/gulp-basics
kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 Pointskabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsThanks Kevin, that helps.