Is there a benefit to minifying Javascript before gzipping it?

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Published on 2010-04-07T03:48:43Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 3:53 UTC
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Is there some valid purpose to minifying before compressing? It seems highly unlikely that the gzipped file is smaller if it's minified first.

I ask because diagnosing production problems in minified code is substantially more difficult, and I'm wondering if people are subjecting themselves to that for no purpose.

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