angular-cli/packages/angular_devkit/build_optimizer

Angular Build Optimizer

Angular Build Optimizer contains Angular optimizations applicable to JavaScript code as a TypeScript transform pipeline.

Available optimizations

Transformations applied depend on file content:

• Class fold, Scrub file and Prefix functions: applied to Angular apps and libraries.
• Import tslib: applied when TypeScript helpers are found.

Some of these optimizations add /*@__PURE__*/ comments. These are used by JS optimization tools to identify pure functions that can potentially be dropped.

Class fold

Static properties are folded into ES5 classes:

// input
var Clazz = (function () {
  function Clazz() {}
  return Clazz;
})();
Clazz.prop = 1;

// output
var Clazz = (function () {
  function Clazz() {}
  Clazz.prop = 1;
  return Clazz;
})();

Scrub file

Angular decorators, property decorators and constructor parameters are removed, while leaving non-Angular ones intact.

// input
import { Injectable, Input, Component } from '@angular/core';
import { NotInjectable, NotComponent, NotInput } from 'another-lib';
var Clazz = (function () {
  function Clazz() {}
  return Clazz;
})();
Clazz.decorators = [{ type: Injectable }, { type: NotInjectable }];
Clazz.propDecorators = { 'ngIf': [{ type: Input }] };
Clazz.ctorParameters = function () {
  return [{ type: Injector }];
};
var ComponentClazz = (function () {
  function ComponentClazz() {}
  __decorate([Input(), __metadata('design:type', Object)], Clazz.prototype, 'selected', void 0);
  __decorate(
    [NotInput(), __metadata('design:type', Object)],
    Clazz.prototype,
    'notSelected',
    void 0,
  );
  ComponentClazz = __decorate(
    [
      NotComponent(),
      Component({
        selector: 'app-root',
        templateUrl: './app.component.html',
        styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
      }),
    ],
    ComponentClazz,
  );
  return ComponentClazz;
})();

// output
import { Injectable, Input, Component } from '@angular/core';
import { NotInjectable, NotComponent } from 'another-lib';
var Clazz = (function () {
  function Clazz() {}
  return Clazz;
})();
Clazz.decorators = [{ type: NotInjectable }];
var ComponentClazz = (function () {
  function ComponentClazz() {}
  __decorate(
    [NotInput(), __metadata('design:type', Object)],
    Clazz.prototype,
    'notSelected',
    void 0,
  );
  ComponentClazz = __decorate([NotComponent()], ComponentClazz);
  return ComponentClazz;
})();

Prefix functions

Adds /*@__PURE__*/ comments to top level downleveled class declarations and instantiation.

Warning: this transform assumes the file is a pure module. It should not be used with unpure modules.

// input
var Clazz = (function () {
  function Clazz() {}
  return Clazz;
})();
var newClazz = new Clazz();
var newClazzTwo = Clazz();

// output
var Clazz = /*@__PURE__*/ (function () {
  function Clazz() {}
  return Clazz;
})();
var newClazz = /*@__PURE__*/ new Clazz();
var newClazzTwo = /*@__PURE__*/ Clazz();

Prefix Classes

Adds /*@__PURE__*/ to downleveled TypeScript classes.

// input
var ReplayEvent = (function () {
  function ReplayEvent(time, value) {
    this.time = time;
    this.value = value;
  }
  return ReplayEvent;
})();

// output
var ReplayEvent = /*@__PURE__*/ (function () {
  function ReplayEvent(time, value) {
    this.time = time;
    this.value = value;
  }
  return ReplayEvent;
})();

Import tslib

TypeScript helpers (__extends/__decorate/__metadata/__param) are replaced with tslib imports whenever found.

// input
var __extends =
  (this && this.__extends) ||
  function (d, b) {
    for (var p in b) if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) d[p] = b[p];
    function __() {
      this.constructor = d;
    }
    d.prototype = b === null ? Object.create(b) : ((__.prototype = b.prototype), new __());
  };

// output
import { __extends } from 'tslib';

Wrap enums

Wrap downleveled TypeScript enums in a function, and adds /*@__PURE__*/ comment.

// input
var ChangeDetectionStrategy;
(function (ChangeDetectionStrategy) {
  ChangeDetectionStrategy[(ChangeDetectionStrategy['OnPush'] = 0)] = 'OnPush';
  ChangeDetectionStrategy[(ChangeDetectionStrategy['Default'] = 1)] = 'Default';
})(ChangeDetectionStrategy || (ChangeDetectionStrategy = {}));

// output
var ChangeDetectionStrategy = /*@__PURE__*/ (function () {
  var ChangeDetectionStrategy = {};
  ChangeDetectionStrategy[(ChangeDetectionStrategy['OnPush'] = 0)] = 'OnPush';
  ChangeDetectionStrategy[(ChangeDetectionStrategy['Default'] = 1)] = 'Default';
  return ChangeDetectionStrategy;
})();

Library Usage

import { buildOptimizer } from '@angular-devkit/build-optimizer';

const transpiledContent = buildOptimizer({ content: input }).content;

Available options:

export interface BuildOptimizerOptions {
  content?: string;
  inputFilePath?: string;
  outputFilePath?: string;
  emitSourceMap?: boolean;
  strict?: boolean;
  isSideEffectFree?: boolean;
}

Webpack loader usage:

import { BuildOptimizerWebpackPlugin } from '@angular-devkit/build-optimizer';

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new BuildOptimizerWebpackPlugin(),
  ]
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.js$/,
        loader: '@angular-devkit/build-optimizer/webpack-loader',
        options: {
          sourceMap: false
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

CLI usage

build-optimizer input.js
build-optimizer input.js output.js