Google Closure Tools – Real Power for JavaScript-intensive Applications

I remember when the whole Ajax thing kicked in and JavaScript developers looked at Gmail, Gmaps, and the like and thought “I wonder what powers that?” — Dion, Ajaxian

Google Code Blog is introducing Closure, a library and set of tools that JS developer built over time as they created the applications at scale.

google_closure Ingredients are:
- Closure Compiler: a tool for making JavaScript download and run faster. It is a true compiler for JavaScript.
- Closure Library: a broad, well-tested, modular, and cross-browser JavaScript library
- Closure Templates: web templates that are precompiled to efficient JavaScript and have a simple syntax that is natural for programmers.
- Closure Inspector is an extension to Firebug, the Firefox debugger extension for source mapping, improved stack trace display, and unit test integration