Javascript compiler / compactor (Windows GUI)

heil

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I need to compile / compact an "ever-growing" javascript app (round abouts 40k LoC, currently). I don't have the time to integrate the "appropriate" tool for what I'm trying to do, something like require.js, as it requires modification of said code. I was planning to just manually pile everything together to do a compact/compile routine, but at this point, I think that will make it quite difficult to maintain. (Ultimately, I'd like to keep the file structure broken down into its current hierarchy.) That being said, I've been using a tool called Winless for .less compilation, andI really like its functionality:
  • add a folder set
  • note the files you want to include
  • watch for changes in those files and recompile when that happens
I'm wondering if an analogous tool exists for js?The Closure Compiler does a top notch job, and I hear that Uglifyjs is good too. I might end up using Closure's REST api to manually manage file sets, but I'm wondering if anything exists that abstracts the process a little bit - into a standalone windows gui?I've been poking around for a couple weeks, but haven't come up with anything solid. Cheers -
 
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