How to minify again dataTables

imac

I would like to fix a bug as Allen told me and for that I would need to correct it in the non minified version and then minify it again.

I was wondering which method should I use to minify the resulting code to be reduced in the same was as the original. I don't know if there are better or worse methods to do it, so I would rather prefer to use the same one.

Thanks.

allan

Ideally use the 'build.sh' script in the 'scripts' directory. You might need to alter some of the paths to point to a local copy of JSHint and Closure Compiler though.

Allan

imac

I am using windows. Isn't there any other way? http://www.jshint.com/ maybe?

allan

Fundamentally you just need to combine the scripts in the `src` directory. The build.sh script will do that for you, but is you don't have bash (you could use cygwin) you'd need to write a Windows shell script for it, or do it manually and then run Closure Compiler over it.

Allan

imac

Thanks Allan, but I wonder.

Can't I just make use of media/jquery.dataTables.js (not the .min file), modity the needed function and then, make use of the online Closure Compiler?

http://closure-compiler.appspot.com/home

Wouldn't it be exactly the same as the procedure you talk about?

The only question I have is, which mode of compression should I use? Whitespace only, simple or advanced.

Thanks.

allan

> Can't I just make use of media/jquery.dataTables.js (not the .min file), modity the needed function and then, make use of the online Closure Compiler?

Of course you can :-). I don't accept patches with changes only to the built file, but you are free to modify it as you wish, as per the license.

> The only question I have is, which mode of compression should I use? Whitespace only, simple or advanced.

Up to you. I use simple.

Allan

imac

Thanks again Allan! :) I have it working now.