@angular-devkit/build-optimizer

What is @angular-devkit/build-optimizer?

@angular-devkit/build-optimizer is a tool designed to optimize Angular applications by performing various transformations and optimizations on the build output. It helps in reducing the size of the final bundle and improving the performance of the application.

What are @angular-devkit/build-optimizer's main functionalities?

Tree Shaking

Tree shaking is a feature that removes unused code from the final bundle. The code sample demonstrates how to use the buildOptimizer function to perform tree shaking on a given input code.

const { buildOptimizer } = require('@angular-devkit/build-optimizer');
const inputCode = 'import { Component } from "@angular/core";';
const result = buildOptimizer({ content: inputCode, inputFilePath: 'app.component.ts' });
console.log(result.content);

Inlining

Inlining is a feature that replaces external resources (like templates and styles) with inline content. The code sample shows how to use the buildOptimizer function to inline a template string in the input code.

const { buildOptimizer } = require('@angular-devkit/build-optimizer');
const inputCode = 'const template = `<div>{{title}}</div>`;';
const result = buildOptimizer({ content: inputCode, inputFilePath: 'app.component.ts' });
console.log(result.content);

Dead Code Elimination

Dead code elimination is a feature that removes code that is never used or executed. The code sample demonstrates how to use the buildOptimizer function to eliminate dead code from the input code.

const { buildOptimizer } = require('@angular-devkit/build-optimizer');
const inputCode = 'function unusedFunction() { return "I am not used"; }';
const result = buildOptimizer({ content: inputCode, inputFilePath: 'app.component.ts' });
console.log(result.content);

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webpack

Webpack is a popular module bundler for JavaScript applications. It offers a wide range of optimization features, including tree shaking, code splitting, and minification. Compared to @angular-devkit/build-optimizer, Webpack provides a more comprehensive and flexible set of tools for optimizing and bundling applications.

rollup

Rollup is a module bundler that focuses on producing smaller and more efficient bundles. It supports tree shaking and other optimizations similar to @angular-devkit/build-optimizer. Rollup is often used for libraries and smaller projects, whereas @angular-devkit/build-optimizer is specifically tailored for Angular applications.

terser

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README

Angular Build Optimizer

Angular Build Optimizer contains Angular optimizations applicable to JavaScript code as a TypeScript transform pipeline.

Available optimizations

Transformations applied depend on file content:

• Class fold, Scrub file and Prefix functions: applied to Angular apps and libraries.
• Import tslib: applied when TypeScript helpers are found.

Non-transform optimizations are applied via the Purify Plugin.

Some of these optimizations add /*@__PURE__*/ comments. These are used by UglifyJS to identify pure functions that can potentially be dropped.

Class fold

Static properties are folded into ES5 classes:

// input
var Clazz = (function () { function Clazz() { } return Clazz; }());
Clazz.prop = 1;

// output
var Clazz = (function () { function Clazz() { } Clazz.prop = 1; return Clazz; }());

Scrub file

Angular decorators, property decorators and constructor parameters are removed, while leaving non-Angular ones intact.

// input
import { Injectable, Input } from '@angular/core';
import { NotInjectable } from 'another-lib';
var Clazz = (function () { function Clazz() { } return Clazz; }());
Clazz.decorators = [{ type: Injectable }, { type: NotInjectable }];
Clazz.propDecorators = { 'ngIf': [{ type: Input }] };
Clazz.ctorParameters = function () { return [{type: Injector}]; };

// output
import { Injectable, Input } from '@angular/core';
import { NotInjectable } from 'another-lib';
var Clazz = (function () { function Clazz() { } return Clazz; }());
Clazz.decorators = [{ type: NotInjectable }];

Prefix functions

Adds /*@__PURE__*/ comments to top level downleveled class declarations and instantiation. Webpack library imports are also marked as /*@__PURE__*/ when used with Purify Plugin.

// input
var Clazz = (function () { function Clazz() { } return Clazz; }());
var newClazz = new Clazz();
var newClazzTwo = Clazz();

// output
var Clazz = /*@__PURE__*/ (function () { function Clazz() { } return Clazz; }());
var newClazz = /*@__PURE__*/ new Clazz();
var newClazzTwo = /*@__PURE__*/ Clazz();

Import tslib

TypeScript helpers (__extends/__decorate/__metadata/__param) are replaced with tslib imports whenever found.

// input
var __extends = (this && this.__extends) || function (d, b) {
  for (var p in b) if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) d[p] = b[p];
  function __() { this.constructor = d; }
  d.prototype = b === null ? Object.create(b) : (__.prototype = b.prototype, new __());
};

// output
import { __extends } from "tslib";

Purify Plugin

Performs regex based replacements on all files that add /*@__PURE__*/ comments to downleveled classes, TypeScript enums and webpack imports (used with Prefix functions)

Library Usage

import { buildOptimizer } from '@angular-devkit/build-optimizer';

const transpiledContent = buildOptimizer({ content: input }).content;

Available options:

export interface BuildOptimizerOptions {
  content?: string;
  inputFilePath?: string;
  outputFilePath?: string;
  emitSourceMap?: boolean;
  strict?: boolean;
}

Webpack loader and plugin usage:

const PurifyPlugin = require('@angular-devkit/build-optimizer').PurifyPlugin;

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.js$/,
        loader: '@angular-devkit/build-optimizer/webpack-loader'
        options: {
          sourceMap: false
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  plugins: [
    new PurifyPlugin()
  ]
}

CLI usage

build-optimizer input.js
build-optimizer input.js output.js
purify input.js
purify input.js output.js