CSS Minifier

CSS Minify Tool Minifying CSS takes the well-structured, human-readable CSS code you've written and removes unnecessary elements like spacing, indentation, newlines, and comments. These components are not required for the CSS to function correctly and can be stripped away, making the code more compact and harder to read. A common 'best practice' among developers is to maintain a 'beautified' version of their CSS for easy readability and then run it through a minification program when deploying the project. They also often combine multiple style sheets into a single file. **Minification Example** Before: ```css /* Layout helpers ----------------------------------*/ .ui-helper-hidden { display: none; } .ui-helper-hidden-accessible { border: 0; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; } ``` After: ```css .ui-helper-hidden{display:none}.ui-helper-hidden-accessible{border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px} ``` **Why Use a CSS Minifier?** The primary goal of minifying CSS is to improve website performance by increasing load speed. Minification can reduce file sizes by up to 20%, leading to quicker download times. Additionally, some developers use minification to 'obfuscate' their code, making it harder to read, thus protecting against reverse engineering or copying. Combining all CSS files into one for a website is another common practice. This reduces the number of HTTP requests needed to load a webpage's resources and enhances the efficiency of both minification and gzip compression.