combine javascript files at deployment in python

Question

I\'m trying to reduce the number of scripts included in our website and we use buildout to handle deployments. Has anybody successfully implemented a method of combining and com

Answer 1

I created Minifpy : a tool to merge and minify JS and CSS file by using Python.

This tool use a very easy JSON configuration file to define if files must be merge , minify or not :

{
    "js": {
        "minify_files": [
            {"from": "static/file.js", "to":"static/file.min.js"},
        ],
        "merge_files": [
            {"from" : ["static/file1.js", "static/file2.js"], "to":"static/public.js", "to_min": "static/public.min.js"}
        ]
    },
    "css" : {
        "minify_files": [
            {"from": "static/file.css", "to":"static/file.min.css"},
        ],
        "merge_files": [
            {"from" : ["static/file1.css", "static/file2.css"], "to":"static/public.css", "to_min": "static/public.min.css"}
        ]
    }
}

Minifpy detect any modifications on JS/CSS files and merge/minify them automatically (useful for development).