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Asked: 2026-05-21T11:40:14+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Javascript library: to obfuscate or not to obfuscate – that is the

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Javascript library: to obfuscate or not to obfuscate – that is the question

Hi, I’m creating a very simple footer zone with a jquery animated drawer and a simple carouseel with a modal to show some products of my store.

Any decent jquery programmer will easily top this, i’m a noob, the problem is that I know my competition very well, the moment they lay eyes on this they will implement the same, I just don’t want them to outragely rip off my hard earned code.

I found this javascript obfuscator online:http://www.javascriptobfuscator.com/default.aspx

is it any good?

My question is, although it “obfuscates” the code, its still pretty easy to just donwload the .js file with my code and implement it. Is there a way to make the javascript file not load/work if its not in my domain?

This + the code obfuscation would work really well don’t you think? Can you point me out something like this or a simple alternative?

Thanks
Best Regards
Joricam

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  1. Editorial Team

    One thing to think about. I can simply take your obfuscated/hard to read code and plop it right on my site and boom, it works. This is not like obfuscating PHP code where it requires a tool to decode it, and run. I can take your code as is, and it works fine.

    However, if you insist:

    I would just use any decent javascript minimizer to make your code harder to read. Not only will this improve the load time of the script, but also make your code harder to read.

    I highly suggest something like YUI compressor or Google Closure

    Note that I am stating, make it harder to read. Don’t bank on this obfuscation idea, as you will not find any good solutions. It is not worth your time.

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