Discussion on: Great fun with Deno - My First Deno Framework

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Replies for: You don't minify, or build nomodule?

I don't think TypeScript (or Deno) can compile codes into minify version 😁, but we can do that later using terser or TypeScript plugin or similar tool. That's what I know, maybe someone knows better than me ✌️

Swapnil Mhaske👨‍💻🎮☕🌄 • Jun 2 '20

But why to minify the backend code?

Ribhararnus Pracutian • Jun 2 '20

I agree with you, with Deno we can run our code faster enough on the server, even we're not bundling it.

Pacharapol Withayasakpunt • Jun 2 '20 • Edited

Yes, I was referring to frontend code, with problems of

Bundle size and data usage on the clients
caniuse.com/ i.e. browser support

I almost never minify backend code. Just mere tsc. Not even Babel. Never that big compared to node_modules anyway.

Ribhararnus Pracutian • Jun 3 '20

Thats why Deno is the big rescue here 😁, we don't need node_modules anymore.

Michael Currin • Feb 21 '21

There's an open issue for this.

github.com/denoland/deno/issues/6900

Recommended alternative by a commenter:

$ deno bundle https://deno.land/std@0.79.0/http/file_server.ts | esbuild --minify > file_server.min.js
$ deno run --allow-net --allow-read file_server.min.js