Grunt uglify. How to minify and replace original file with result? - gruntjs

Question

We're using grunt for dev and prod. For dev we don't perform uglify but for prod we do. Unfortunately I can't change references to script from something like this "script.js" to "script.min.js".
I've tried grunt task like this for prod environment but it is not work:
// uglify
uglify: {
options: {
drop_console: true
},
componet: {
src: [componet.path + 'script.js'],
dest: componet.path + 'script.js'
},
}
What is the best workflow to change content "script.js" with uglified version?

Answer 1

Try with this:
uglify: {
options: {
},
main: {
files: [{
expand: true,
src: ['yourpath/**/*.js'],
dest: ''
}]
}
}

Answer 2

There are different possibilities to define the grunt task, here some examples:
uglify: {
options: {
drop_console: true
},
componet: {
files: [
// map one to one
{ 'path/to/minimized01.min.js': 'path/to/source01.js' },
{ 'path/to/minimized02.min.js': 'path/to/source02.js' },
// concat several sources into a minimized destination
{ 'path/to/minimized03and04.min.js': [ 'path/to/source03.js', 'path/to/source04.js' ]},
// map all files in a folder, one to one into a destination
{ expand: true,
cwd: 'path/to/a/source/folder',
src: [ '**/*.js', '!excludeThisFile.js' ],
dest: 'path/to/a/destination/folder',
ext: 'min.js' // if you want to change each extension to min.js
}
]
}
}
And then you can run it as grunt uglify:component... I always set separate tasks for development and production, for development I'd suggest using uglify, without dropping console, and use beautify option... Even better if you use source mapping, its very useful for debugging in browsers.