Jan. 17, 2024, 2:40 p.m. | Petra Grunheidt

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This week, I was tasked with enhancing the security of our Create React App by employing obfuscation and minification techniques.


Obfuscation, as the name implies, obscures the source code, intentionally making it complex for humans to decipher while retaining its functionality. Minification, on the flip side, compresses code, trims the fat, and optimizes size for efficient delivery.


During my intial search i came across some outdated libraries like javascript-obfuscator and uglify-js(as if javascript code can get any uglier, am …

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