Optimizing JavaScript Files in Drupal: Insights from Alexander Dunchev

Alexander Dunchev shared insights on Uglify JS in a Medium blog post, focusing on excluding variable names from mangling. In his exploration, Dunchev delves into his experience working on a Drupal project, utilizing Uglify JS to minify and uglify JavaScript files. He encountered the need to incorporate translations in a JS file using the Drupal.t() function, prompting the development of a custom script for file building with Uglify JS. Dunchev also desired individual file minification and organization into separate folders, a feature he found lacking in standard Uglify JS options. Despite the lack of optimization, the provided solution effectively accomplishes the task, enabling the safe utilization of Drupal JS translation API alongside Uglify JS file minification.

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