An Efficient JavaScript Optimization Tool: Razor Optimizer
Due to the exponential increase of the popularity of AJAX based applications that use a high amount of JavaScript code, the need of efficient tools to reduce code footprint is obvious. Razor Optimizer is a JavaScript code optimization utility, cross-browser compatible that increases runtime performance by automating JavaScript profiling.
As compared with file concatenation or Javascript compression and minimization techniques, Razor Optimizer makes use of the dynamic runtime profile information. Basically, it loads only the necessary functions for a certain process, limiting the number of network round trips.
It is able to reduce the code footprint up to a maximum limit of 80%-90%. In this way, the optimization process is performed at the functions level and the results are better than in case of code optimization performed at the JavaScript files level.
Razor Optimizer contains both a server side and a client side application. The client side AJAX component uses Dojo toolkit, while the server is represented by a JAVA based application. Being bundled with Tomcat server, Razor will run as a web based server corresponding to the Tomcat configuration listening to port 9090. In order to be able to run Razor Optimizer, Java Runtime Environment(JRE) must be installed.
Razor Optimizer has many features: it does not require programming knowledge, does not depend on any operating system (is web browser based), is compatible with any AJAX based application and more. It is capable to run as a web based service or on a local computer.
The installation is very easy: the user just has to extract the content of a distribution archive in a certain folder. If you want to try the JavaScript code optimization performances of Razor Optimizer tool, it can be downloaded from Downloadtube website.
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