@LorenzoAncora @tennoseremel Minification doesn't just remove unnecessary white space (which can be done while retaining the formatting mostly by replacing each 1-3 space characters with a single space and by replacing each 4 space characters with a tab) - unnecessary white space compresses very well regardless.

Minification strips off any explanatory comments and changes variable and function names to non-meaningful one or two etc character names (i.e. a-z then aa-zz etc), which is extremely effective at hindering the ability to audit the software.


If you want to minimize the "carbon footprint" or actually CO₂ emissions, you should avoid JavaScript like the plague, as it's dozens, hundreds or thousands of times less power efficient than HTML.