global.js - for packaged jQuery plugins use minify version when possible

[r-a-y]

Instead of including the .pack versions of jQuery scripts, when possible try to use .min (minify) versions.

Minified scripts offer a performance boost (when gzip'd).

In global.js, the Cookie plugin and querystring plugin are packed.

cookie.min.js can be found here - ​http://dev.jqueryui.com/browser/tags/1.6rc6/external/cookie/jquery.cookie.min.js?rev=2024

An online minify javascript tool can be found here - ​http://jscompress.com/

[r-a-y]

Okay, so this can almost be closed!
cookie.js is now minified in global.js.

Now if we can only minify the querystring plugin!

See below for a minifed version of the querystring plugin:

(function($){function QueryStringParser(){this.load();}
$.extend(QueryStringParser.prototype,{load:function(suppliedQueryString){this.Values=new Object();var queryString=suppliedQueryString||document.URL;var qsIndex=(suppliedQueryString||document.URL).indexOf('?');if(qsIndex<0)
return;queryString=queryString.substring(qsIndex);if(queryString.length<=1){return;}
var pairs=queryString.split('&');for(var i=0;i<pairs.length;i++){this.Values[pairs[i].split('=')[0].toLowerCase()]=decodeURIComponent(pairs[i].split('=')[1]);}},get:function(key){return(this.Values[key.toLowerCase()])?this.Values[key.toLowerCase()]:'';},set:function(key,value){this.Values[key.toLowerCase()]=value;return this;}});QueryStringParser.prototype.toString=function(){var params=[];for(var prop in this.Values){params.push(prop+"="+encodeURIComponent(this.Values[prop]));}
return'?'+params.join('&');};$.Params=new QueryStringParser();})(jQuery);

[boonebgorges]

DJPaul - I'm assigning this to you since you've already looked into the issue of js minification. Let me know if you think it's in the cards for 1.3.

[DJPaul]

Sure, it should be relatively straightforward.

[DJPaul]

As this ticket referred to the (old) packed versions of some javascript libraries included in global.js, which have since been replaced by minified versions, I'm marking this ticket as resolved. #1891 covers CSS/JS minify for other parts of core and BP-Default.

[johnjamesjacoby]

See r8453 and #5208.