Introduce normalizeDefines to speed up builds, Fixes #315

build/example.build.js

@@ -90,6 +90,25 @@
     //- "none": no minification will be done.
     optimize: "uglify",
 
+    //If a full directory optimization via "dir", and optimize is not "none",
+    //then normally all JS files in the directory will be minifized, and this
+    //value is automatically set to "all". For JS files to properly work after a
+    //minification, the optimizer will parse for define() calls and insert any
+    //dependency arrays that are missing. However, this can be a bit slow if
+    //there are many/larger JS files. So this transport normalization is not
+    //done (automatically set to "skip") if optimize is set to "none". Cases
+    //where you may want to manually set this value:
+    //1) Optimizing later: if you plan on minifying the non-build layer JS files
+    //after the optimizer runs, then you should explicitly this value to "all".
+    //2) Optimizing, but not dynamically loading later: you want to do a full
+    //project optimization, but do not plan on dynamically loading non-build
+    //layer JS files later. In this case, the normalization just slows down
+    //builds, so you can explicitly set this value to "skip".
+    //Finally, all build layers (specified in the "modules" or "out" setting)
+    //automatically get normalization, so this setting does not apply to those
+    //files.
+    normalizeDefines: "skip",
+
     //If using UglifyJS for script optimization, these config options can be
     //used to pass configuration values to UglifyJS.
     //See https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS for the possible values.

build/jslib/build.js

@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ define(function (require) {
                 //JS optimizations.
                 fileNames = file.getFilteredFileList(config.dir, /\.js$/, true);
                 fileNames.forEach(function (fileName, i) {
-                    var cfg, moduleIndex, override;
+                    var cfg, override, moduleIndex;
 
                     //Generate the module name from the config.dir root.
                     moduleName = fileName.replace(config.dir, '');
@@ -527,16 +527,23 @@ define(function (require) {
                         fileContents = commonJs.convert(fileName, fileContents);
                     }
 
-                    fileContents = build.toTransport(config.namespace,
-                                                     null,
-                                                     fileName,
-                                                     fileContents);
-
                     //If there is an override for a specific layer build module,
                     //and this file is that module, mix in the override for use
                     //by optimize.jsFile.
                     moduleIndex = getOwn(config._buildPathToModuleIndex, fileName);
-                    override = moduleIndex === 0 || moduleIndex > 0 ?
+                    //Normalize, since getOwn could have returned undefined
+                    moduleIndex = moduleIndex === 0 || moduleIndex > 0 ? moduleIndex : -1;
+
+                    //Only do transport normalization if this is not a build layer
+                    //and if normalizeDefines indicated all should be done.
+                    if (moduleIndex === -1 && config.normalizeDefines === "all") {
+                        fileContents = build.toTransport(config.namespace,
+                                                     null,
+                                                     fileName,
+                                                     fileContents);
+                    }
+
+                    override = moduleIndex > -1 ?
                                config.modules[moduleIndex].override : null;
                     if (override) {
                         cfg = build.createOverrideConfig(config, override);
@@ -1071,6 +1078,16 @@ define(function (require) {
                             ' pages.');
         }
 
+        //Set up normalizeDefines. If not explicitly set, if optimize "none",
+        //set to "skip" otherwise set to "all".
+        if (!hasProp(config, 'normalizeDefines')) {
+            if (config.optimize === 'none') {
+                config.normalizeDefines = 'skip';
+            } else {
+                config.normalizeDefines = 'all';
+            }
+        }
+
         //Set file.fileExclusionRegExp if desired
         if (hasProp(config, 'fileExclusionRegExp')) {
             if (typeof config.fileExclusionRegExp === "string") {

build/tests/lib/appDirSrcOverwrite/expected-app.js

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ require(['somelib'], function (somelib) {
 
 });
 
-define("app",[], function(){});
+define("app", function(){});

build/tests/lib/empty/expected.js

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ define('sub1',['empty1'], function () {});
 
 require(['sub1'], function () {});
 
-define("main",[], function(){});
+define("main", function(){});
 
 define('sub2',['empty2'], function () {});

build/tests/lib/mainConfigBaseUrl/expected.js

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ require(['sub'], function (sub) {
     console.log(sub.name);
 });
 
-define("main",[], function(){});
+define("main", function(){});

build/tests/lib/paths/valid/expected.js

@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ define('../paths',[
 
 require(['../paths']);
 
-define("main",[], function(){});
+define("main", function(){});

build/tests/lib/requireHoist/perLayer/expectedMain1.js

@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ var requirejs, require, define;
     req(cfg);
 }(this));
 
-define("requireLib",[], function(){});
+define("requireLib", function(){});
 
 define('main1',{
     name: 'main1'

build/tests/lib/requireHoist/perLayer/expectedMain2.js

@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ var requirejs, require, define;
     req(cfg);
 }(this));
 
-define("requireLib",[], function(){});
+define("requireLib", function(){});
 
 define('main2',{
     name: 'main2'