Javascript & CSS Obfuscation/Minimization in Django Website?

Question

I am serving CSS and javascripts in my django website, so how to obfuscate and minimize them. 1 solution is: To serve already obfuscated and minimized js and css.

can I have a flag set in settings.py that to switch on and off the obfuscation?

So, that I can develop on normal human readable code and serve the obfuscated css and js.

What is the standard method of achieving this?

Answer 1

I would recommend django-compressor. It supports running your JS/CSS through a number of different compression algorithms (JSMin, Slim It, YUI, Closure Compiler).