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JavaScript Why We Need a Build Step

Posted by ankushdharkar
ankushdharkar
7,530 Points

Minification doesn't rename variables, uglification does that

He says that minification renames his variable in the scope. That is not true as far as I know. Can someone please confirm?

1 Answer

Zach Enseleit
Zach Enseleit
538 Points
Zach Enseleit
Zach Enseleit
538 Points

The minification engine will rename local variables and longer variable names will be shortened.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10959154/uglify-js-doesnt-mangle-variable-names

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

To add to this, the word "uglification" is really just a synonym for "minification". The point of both is to compress your code into the smallest possible form so that it takes the least amount of time/effort to transmit over the internet