When a developer writes code, they will usually write for their own eyes to read it. They’ll make notes to themselves, split out the code onto multiple lines so it’s easier to read, and even write out explanations of what’s happening so they can reference it later.
While this is very helpful for the coder — and any other developers that would wish to read it — it’s not helpful for web pages, slowing down loading times needlessly.
Minification is the act of removing all these “useless” bits and parsing down the code to only what the computer needs to see. It can drastically reduce the sizes of code files, which simultaneously reduces load times.
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