find dead JavaScript code?

Question

We are refactoring a legacy web app and as a result are \"killing\" quite a lot of JavaScript code but we\'re afraid of deleting what we think is dead code due to not being

Answer 1

There's grep. Use it to find function calls. Suppose you have a method called dostuff(). Use grep -r "dostuff()" * --color on your project's root directory. Unless you find anything other than the definition, you can safely erase it.

ack is also a notable alternative to grep.