Packing is probably not the fastest method, unless you're in a low- bandwidth situation, due to the overhead of decoding the packed script after download. I would recommend Minifying your JS -- the most well known is probably JSMin (http://javascript.crockford.com/jsmin.html) but there's a number of derivatives and mods out there for personal preferences. For loading time comparisons, check John Resig's site: http://ejohn.org/blog/library-loading-speed/ .
Gzip is a compression & transmission method that can be done from a PHP environment or on other servers: If the server determines from the headers that the client can accept gZip'd files the server compresses the file before sending it, and it has low overhead for the client. If you are familiar with using the output buffer ob_start() in PHP for speed you can easily use gZip when available with ob_gzhandler: http://us.php.net/ob_gzhandler . I personally prefer Minify (http://code.google.com/p/minify/) because that way it packs and caches my scripts automatically, so I don't have to do it manually every time I change a line. There are a lot of resources out there, just Google "Gzip http" and find what's appropriate for your server/language. HTH Charles On Feb 14, 6:33 am, MorningZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One option is to use Dean Edward's "packer" tool: > > http://dean.edwards.name/packer/ > > If your packed file(s) don't work, you may need to run it through > JSLint (http://dean.edwards.name/packer/) and fix it up before packing > (having proper ending semicolons is a big thing to look out for)
