30th August 2020
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Minifying JavaScript with npx uglify-js
— While [upgrading CodeMirror](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/948) in Datasette I figured out how to minify JavaScript using `uglify-js` on the command line without first installing any teels, using [npx](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npx) (which downloads and executes a CLI tool while skipping the install step):
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