Web Development vocabulary · Web Performance

Minify

Meaning in web development, with examples

/ˈmɪnɪfaɪ/verbCommon term

In web development, minify means: To make code files smaller by removing spaces, comments and line breaks and by shortening names, without changing how the code works.

In Turkish: küçültmek, minify etmek

How it is used

Build tools minify JavaScript, CSS and HTML automatically for production. Minified files often end in .min.js, and source maps let developers debug minified code.

Example sentences

  1. Is the CSS minified in production? The file is 300 KB.

  2. The error is hard to read because the code is minified; turn on source maps.

Common collocations

  • minify JavaScript
  • minified file
  • minification
  • source map

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