CSS Minifier

Minifying CSS involves stripping out unnecessary elements like spacing, indentation, newlines, and comments from your well-organized CSS code. Although these elements help make the code readable during development, they are not needed for the CSS to function properly and make the file more compact and efficient.

Many developers follow the best practice of keeping a well-formatted version of their CSS for ease of editing. When deploying their project, they run the CSS through a minification tool and combine multiple style sheets into a single file for optimal performance.

Why Use a CSS Minifier?

Minifying CSS enhances website speed by reducing file size, potentially making a script up to 20% smaller and speeding up download times. Developers often use minification to ‘obfuscate’ their code, making it harder to read and reverse-engineer.

Additionally, combining all CSS files into a single file is a common practice. This approach minimizes the number of HTTP requests needed to load the site and improves the effectiveness of minification and gzip compression.