How do I protect front-end javaScript code from being stolen?

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I have an underscore, jQuery, and Backbone application. It is a prototype and doesn't have many users and the back-end code is pretty trivial. Hence any value is in the front end code. How can I protect this code from being stolen/cloned.

Is minifying enough? There are tools such as beautify that can be used to un-minify the code, but is this something that can be used to steal code?

What is best practice to protect front-end JavaScript code?

You don't. At best you can obfuscate it. – Aadit M Shah Nov 04 '14 at 16:04 — Aadit M Shah, Nov 04 '14 at 16:04

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You can't. You can just try to make your code as unreadable and complicated as possible through uglifiers/obfuscators.

answered Nov 04 '14 at 16:04

Van Coding

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '14 at 16:04

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use can JavaScript obfuscation tools, like javascriptobfuscator. but JavaScript codes can be stolen because JavaScript doesn't compile, it interpreted in the browser.

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How do I protect front-end javaScript code from being stolen?

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