Exclude debug JavaScript code during minification

Question

I\'m looking into different ways to minify my JavaScript code including the regular JSMin, Packer, and YUI solutions. I\'m really interested in the new Google Closure Compil

Answer 1

A good solution in this case might be js-build-tools which supports 'conditional compilation'.

In short you can use comments such as

// #ifdef debug
var trace = debug.getTracer("easyXDM.Rpc");
trace("constructor");
// #endif

where you define a pragma such as debug.

Then when building it (it has an ant-task)

//this file will not have the debug code

//this file will