build: minimizer initial research using r.js

package.json

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "merge-stream": "^2.0.0",
         "readable-stream": "^3.6.0",
+        "requirejs": "^2.3.6",
         "through2": "^4.0.2"
     },
     "scripts": {
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@
         "release:prod": "gulp releaseProd",
         "serve": "http-server . -p 8000 -c-1",
         "serveExternal": "http-server . -p 8000 -a 0.0.0.0 --log-ip true -c-1",
-        "createJSDocs": "gulp createJSDocs && git add docs"
+        "createJSDocs": "gulp createJSDocs && git add docs",
+        "minify": "r.js -o require.min.config.js && echo this is untested see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14337970/minifying-requirejs-javascript-codebase-to-a-single-file"
     },
     "licenses": [
         {

require.min.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// this is WIP
+// References:
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14337970/minifying-requirejs-javascript-codebase-to-a-single-file
+// https://github.com/requirejs/r.js
+// https://github.com/requirejs/r.js/blob/master/build/example.build.js
+// https://requirejs.org/docs/optimization.html
+// https://github.com/brackets-cont/brackets/blob/master/Gruntfile.js
+
+
+
+({
+    // `name` and `out` is set by grunt-usemin
+    baseUrl: 'src',
+    optimize: 'uglify2',
+    // brackets.js should not be loaded until after polyfills defined in "utils/Compatibility"
+    // so explicitly include it in main.js
+    include: ["utils/Compatibility", "brackets"],
+    // TODO: Figure out how to make sourcemaps work with grunt-usemin
+    // https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/30
+    generateSourceMaps: true,
+    useSourceUrl: true,
+    // required to support SourceMaps
+    // http://requirejs.org/docs/errors.html#sourcemapcomments
+    preserveLicenseComments: false,
+    useStrict: true,
+    // Disable closure, we want define/require to be globals
+    wrap: false,
+    paths: {
+        "text": "thirdparty/text/text",
+        "i18n": "thirdparty/i18n/i18n",
+        // The file system implementation. Change this value to use different
+        // implementations (e.g. cloud-based storage).
+        "fileSystemImpl": "filesystem/impls/appshell/AppshellFileSystem",
+        "preact-compat": "thirdparty/preact-compat/preact-compat.min",
+        "thirdparty/preact": "thirdparty/preact/preact"
+    },
+    uglify2: {}, // https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2
+    waitSeconds: 60,
+    out: "src/brackets-min.js"
+})