Minified.js
Languages and libraries
javascript library
SHOW HN2013
158points
142comments
#104of 1,739 in 2013
Top 6%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 22 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Performance: 2 for, 8 againstIdea: 2 for, 6 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Minimal size and clean, well-documented API
From 3 comments
Love it! The more experienced I become as a programmer, the more respect I have for minimal programs that work very well. It's often very hard to "work your way up to…
api on HNMinified.js has potential. If given the chance, it will be successful and I for one love rooting for the under dogs. The Custom Builder is a lovely addition. The Library is well…
samguddy on HNThe full, concatenated and uglified source of one-page JS web apps can easily run to >600kB. Whether my DOM manipulation library consumes 4kB of that or 35kB isn't especially…
Wintamute on HN
Objections
Performance lags jQuery in benchmarks
From 1 comment
Just on the surface the potential for the minified library with its reduced size and browser support sounds great. In just checking a few features it seems as though the…
ctoestreich on HN
Size savings matter little given caching and gzip
From 3 comments
I know it's awfully tempting to obsess on something that is easy to measure, like file size. I also know it's tempting to imply things like "twice the file size means twice the…
dmethvin on HN30KB distributed by a free CDN with a high chance that it's already cached in the browser VS 4KB that probably have to be served by myself. I am sorry, I probably would still go…
kailuowang on HNIf you use a common cdn to load jquery, chances are it's in the user's browser cache is very high.
halayli on HN
Not compatible with jQuery plugins
From 1 comment
Sure, I can switch my code to use this, but how compatible is this with common 3rd party libraries that are dependent on jquery? For example, will this run the bootstrap js code…
latchkey on HN
Requests
Add event delegation support
From 1 comment
What about event delegation? In JQuery there exists an overload to .on() that can pass a selector string to filter the descendants of the selected elements that trigger the…
platz on HN
Clarify public domain licensing in source
From 1 comment
I see a licensing problem. Releasing thing into the public domain is not as easy as writing "Minified has been released into the Public Domain. You can use, copy, distribute and…
gioele on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Zepto.js
From 1 comment
How does this compare to Zepto.js?
dfischer on HN
Which browsers are supported
From 1 comment
Is this the full comparison? http://minifiedjs.com/#featCmp It seems like that would cover most things I would use, however surely there is more to jquery (that I may or may not…
rschmitty on HN
Alternatives named
jQuery
From 1 comment
30KB distributed by a free CDN with a high chance that it's already cached in the browser VS 4KB that probably have to be served by myself. I am sorry, I probably would still go…
kailuowang on HN
Zepto.js
From 1 comment
In case you need mobile support and not IE, also checkout Zepto. I updated test with Zepto - http://jsperf.com/test-jquery-vs-minified/4 URL: http://zeptojs.com/
hippich on HN
RyeJS
From 1 comment
RyeJS is another alternative, though it focuses on speed, modularity and having an understandable source instead of size. Clocking at 6.2kb. http://ryejs.com/ (disclaimer: I'm…
ricardobeat on HN