Embedding Uglified Javascript into a Jade template

Question

I have a project that uses grunt to build my site from a Jade template and also builds and concatenates JavaScript using an uglify task (grunt-contrib-uglify).

As I am building a single page app, rather than link to the external uglified version of my JavaScript I would like to build the uglified version into my jade template and save on the extra http request.

Within my grunt file, how can I get uglify to pass its content into the my Jade template rather than build it as an external file?

Any thoughts welcome.

Answer 1

One approach would be to simply pass the uglified javascript string as data for your jade template. For the jade task, use a function for your data key which reads and returns the contents of the uglified file (using grunt.file.read for example).

Obviously ensure your uglified task is run before your jade task.