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

Adding logic to every place in your code where you are logging to the console makes it harder to debug and maintain.

If you are already going to add a build step for your production code, you could always add another file at the top that turns your console methods into noop's.

Something like:

console.log = console.debug = console.info = function(){};

Ideally, you'd just strip out any console methods, but if you are keeping them in anyway but not using them, this is probably the easiest to work with.