Result

JavaScript Minification: Beyond Whitespace

JS minification removes whitespace and comments. Advanced minifiers (UglifyJS, Terser) also shorten variable names (mangling), remove dead code (tree-shaking), and inline single-use functions. Minified JS can be 50-70% smaller than source. Source maps (.js.map) map the minified output back to original source for debugging in browser DevTools — always generate them for production deployments.

CLI Equivalent

npx terser script.js -c -m -o script.min.js