w3compiler

Overview

Develop leaner more secure code, for faster, safer Web sites with the w3compiler. Leading sites like Google and eBay hand optimize their mark-up and Ajax JavaScript files before upload, gaining up to 70% in file size savings. This best practice is time-consuming for most Web developers, but with the w3compiler, code optimization is automated and integrates smoothly with your work flow. Port80 Software’s w3compiler works the way developers do: create pages in developer-friendly mark-up and script, then let the tool optimize the changes and deploy them in your target Windows Microsoft IIS Web server directory – a natural final step before launching new pages. w3compiler is also extremely safe. Feed it perfect XHTML and that's what your optimized targets will be: perfect XHTML. Feed it less than stellar mark-up, and your pages still won't break! w3compiler always employs safe compression techniques, and you can verify work with side-by-side visual and code comparison tools. w3compiler uses a complete JavaScript parser, making it the most advanced compressor on the market. Like a programming language compiler, the tool optimizes all or selected JavaScript, (X)HTML, CSS, ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, and CFM files, removing redundant structures and creating optimized duplicates of your pages ready for any browser. Variables, functions, objects, and redundant syntax are all minimized automatically. w3compiler is so syntax-aware that it won't break even sloppy code. In addition to code optimization, w3compiler can also manage file names and extensions, making sites smaller and more secure by renaming files to minimal form. The tool strips file extensions, enabling persistent, negotiable 'clean' URLs using PageXchanger for IIS. By reducing your file sizes by up to 30-60%, you will lower your bandwidth expenses. By removing white space and comments, your code will be harder to steal and hack. By sending your users leaner code, your pages will load noticeably faster. Start w3compiling today! w3compiler is available as a free 30-day trial, and, like all Port80 Software products, w3compiler includes free technical support.

Features

• Safe optimization of Web sites
• Optimizes HTML, JavaScript, ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP (new!) files
• Also works with (X)HTML and CSS files
• Does not harm existing files
• Roll-back feature restores any optimized file to its original form
• Conservative optimization to insure code and markup quality is preserved
• Useful byte-shaving improvements for markup and style
• Smart white space and comments reduction
• Color remapping and entity reduction
• META tag management
• True JavaScript code optimization
• Shorten long, user-defined variables, functions, and objects
• Remapping of long, built-in JavaScript object names
• Other code optimization and byte-shaving features
• Improved safety with local-function-only renaming option
• Control of file exclusions and associations for optimization (new!)
• Easily exclude specific files and/or directories
• Associate compressible file types with arbitrary extensions
• Unique advanced site preparation features
• Rename image, CSS, and JavaScript files for smaller and more secure sites
• File extension removal for content negotiation option
• Compiler-style framework with project files
• Save common settings
• Recent projects interface list for quick recall (new!)
• Selectively compress based upon changes
• Full or selective optimization and deployment of files
• Fully configurable with advanced options
• Full statistics and logging of projects
• Extensible framework allows addition of new features
• Internal preview and comparison system
• Visually preview original and optimized pages side-by-side
• Code comparison allows easy comparison of before and after code
• Integration with online validation services
• External editor and browser integration
• Edit and view optimized and non-optimized pages in your favorite editor
• Preview any page in an external Web browser of your choice
• Multiple interfaces for multiple uses
• Fully configurable and easy-to-use GUI interface
• Command line interface for integration with editors and batch optimization scripts
• Simple install/uninstall process
• Low resource footprint

Benefits

• Save bandwidth & money:
• Reduces file sizes 10-30% for common (X)HTML, HTML and CSS files (1.5 X faster)
• Further reduces file sizes by 20-60% for JavaScript (2.5 X faster)
• Compression rates as high as 90% in tested real world pages! (10 X faster)
• Speed up your site & make your users happy
• Secure your code: Protect against hacker source sifting with less transparent JavaScript, file names, and optimized markup and style sheets
• Safe: Preserves your hard work by employing reliable code optimization that recognizes common Web standards such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP
• Part of your work flow: Works with common Web development best practices using staging and production sites
• Simple & powerful: Eases deployment tasks by copying entire or selected sites
• Check your code visually: Delivers verifiable optimization through dashboard metrics and side-by-side preview interface

Requirements

• Windows 2000/XP/2003
• 64MB of RAM Minimum
• Available disk space directly or on network for copy of site(s)