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Description
===============================================================================

Minify JS was developed to replace the implementation of the Minify module
(https://www.drupal.org/project/minify) which has a couple of problems:

  1. Problem: It is not storing the minified versions of it's files in the
     public file system properly. This in turn will not allow other modules,
     such as the S3 File System module (https://www.drupal.org/project/s3fs),
     to work with it.

     Solution: This module uses the public file system exclusively and any
     module that uses it's own Stream Wrapper for the public file system will
     work with this module out of the box.

  2. Problem: The minification process is using a remote call to Closure
     Compiler which has a few limitations, specifically a limitation on the
     number of files it can minify in an hour and another preventing it from
     minifying the JS to a single line.

     Solution: This module uses the JSqueeze PHP class for it's minification
     (https://github.com/tchwork/jsqueeze) which does not have these
     limitations.

  3. Problem: The module only detected javascript files that were loaded on a
     page, which means that all pages would need to be visited to get a
     complete list of javascript files.

     Solution: This module scans the file directory for .js files (excluding
     .min.js files).

Installation
===============================================================================

  1. Composer install:
  
    composer require drupal/minifyjs

  2. Enable the Minify JS module, either through the UI or via drush:

    drush en minifyjs

  3. Go to the Performance page: Configuration > Performance.

    /admin/config/development/performance

  4. Click on the Manage Javascript Files tab.

    /admin/config/development/performance/js

  5. Bulk minify using the checkboxes or use the Operation links for individual
     minifications. Drush is also available to manage the functionality of the
     module:

    drush scan-js
    drush minify-js
    drush minify-js-skip

  6. Go to the Performance page: Configuration > Performance. Enable the
     minified files by using the checkbox called "Use Minified Javascript
     files."

    /admin/config/development/performance

  7. Manage the settings for the site:

    /admin/config/development/minifyjs

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  2. Description

  3. ===============================================================================

  4. 

  5. Minify JS was developed to replace the implementation of the Minify module

  6. (https://www.drupal.org/project/minify) which has a couple of problems:

  7. 

  8.   1. Problem: It is not storing the minified versions of it's files in the

  9.      public file system properly. This in turn will not allow other modules,

  10.      such as the S3 File System module (https://www.drupal.org/project/s3fs),

  11.      to work with it.

  12. 

  13.      Solution: This module uses the public file system exclusively and any

  14.      module that uses it's own Stream Wrapper for the public file system will

  15.      work with this module out of the box.

  16. 

  17.   2. Problem: The minification process is using a remote call to Closure

  18.      Compiler which has a few limitations, specifically a limitation on the

  19.      number of files it can minify in an hour and another preventing it from

  20.      minifying the JS to a single line.

  21. 

  22.      Solution: This module uses the JSqueeze PHP class for it's minification

  23.      (https://github.com/tchwork/jsqueeze) which does not have these

  24.      limitations.

  25. 

  26.   3. Problem: The module only detected javascript files that were loaded on a

  27.      page, which means that all pages would need to be visited to get a

  28.      complete list of javascript files.

  29. 

  30.      Solution: This module scans the file directory for .js files (excluding

  31.      .min.js files).

  32. 

  33. Installation

  34. ===============================================================================

  35. 

  36.   1. Composer install:

  37.   

  38.     composer require drupal/minifyjs

  39. 

  40.   2. Enable the Minify JS module, either through the UI or via drush:

  41. 

  42.     drush en minifyjs

  43. 

  44.   3. Go to the Performance page: Configuration > Performance.

  45. 

  46.     /admin/config/development/performance

  47. 

  48.   4. Click on the Manage Javascript Files tab.

  49. 

  50.     /admin/config/development/performance/js

  51. 

  52.   5. Bulk minify using the checkboxes or use the Operation links for individual

  53.      minifications. Drush is also available to manage the functionality of the

  54.      module:

  55. 

  56.     drush scan-js

  57.     drush minify-js

  58.     drush minify-js-skip

  59. 

  60.   6. Go to the Performance page: Configuration > Performance. Enable the

  61.      minified files by using the checkbox called "Use Minified Javascript

  62.      files."

  63. 

  64.     /admin/config/development/performance

  65. 

  66.   7. Manage the settings for the site:

  67. 

  68.     /admin/config/development/minifyjs