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Ruby YUI Compressor: Compress your JavaScript and CSS code

Ruby YUI Compressor: Compress your JavaScript and CSS code​

Ruby YUI Compressor​

Ruby YUI Compressor is a tool for compressing CSS and JavaScript files, which can help you reduce file size, increase page loading speed, and save bandwidth.

Project Description​

Ruby YUI Compressor is developed based on the Java version of YUI Compressor, which implements Yahoo's YUI Compressor as an easy-to-use Ruby gem. This project is created and maintained by Scott Stevenson.

By installing and using Ruby YUI Compressor, you can easily automate compression in your Rails or other Ruby web applications.

scenes to be used​

Ruby YUI Compressor can be applied to the following scenarios:

  1. Compress CSS and JavaScript files in your website.
  2. Compress files in real time during development.
  3. Automate part of the build process to ensure all files are compressed when deployed.
  4. Reduce website response time and improve user experience.

Features​

Ruby YUI Compressor has the following main features:

  1. Supports CSS and JavaScript compression.
  2. Efficient compression algorithm reduces file size.
  3. Configurable options, including whether to remove comments, enable variable name obfuscation, etc.
  4. Easily integrates into existing Ruby workflows.
  5. Supports command line interface and use as a library.

how to use​

To use Ruby YUI Compressor in a Ruby environment, you first need to install the gem. Open a terminal and enter the following command:

    gem install yui-compressor

Next, you can use yui-compressorcommand line tools to compress the files. For example, to compress style.cssa CSS file named , run the following command:

    yui-compressor style.css -o compressed_style.css

This will create a new compressed_style.cssfile in the current directory containing the compressed stylesheet.

If you want to use YUI Compressor in your Ruby application, you can add it as a dependency of your project and call the corresponding class method to perform the compression operation. Here's a simple example:

    require 'yui/compressor'
    
    css = File.read('style.css')
    compressed_css = YUI::Compressor.compress(css)
    File.write('compressed_style.css', compressed_css)

This will read style.cssa file named , compress it, and save the result into compressed_style.css.

Conclusion​

Ruby YUI Compressor provides an easy-to-use solution to help you efficiently compress CSS and JavaScript files in Ruby applications. It brings significant performance improvements both during development and in production environments.

Try Ruby YUI Compressor to make your website faster and more efficient!

NOTE: Project links are included at the top and bottom of this document.