2.1.24 Building for Production

When we get ready to build our files for production, we typically go through a process of minifying, obfuscating and combining our code into a single file to ensure we have the smallest code footprint and our code is protected in a production environment. There are developer tools (sometimes referred to as middleware) that help in this process. These are usually implemented using Node Package Manager (NPM). Here are some links for further reading…

• Node - https://nodejs.org/en/
• NPM - https://www.npmjs.com/ (note: the npm command-line command comes with Node when you install it.)
• Grunt - https://gruntjs.com/
• Gulp - https://gulpjs.com/
• Browserify - http://browserify.org/

There are also some of these tools built into modern JavaScript frameworks (Angular React).