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Help Me Rename Bundler

When I created JavaScriptBundler I wanted to create a simple framework that would allow ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC developers to quickly and easily combine and minify JavaScript. Mainly because I wanted something to use…scratch your own itch, as they say.

Then later I added support for CSS, and when I did that, I renamed it to Bundler. Since it was now doing more than just bundling JavaScript. Unfortunately when I did this, I didn’t do my due diligence and search around for other similarly named projects. Because I didn’t do this, I never found out that Yehuda Katz created a project called Bundler (which now seems to be maintained by Carl Lerche).

So, suffice to say that Bundler needs to be renamed. That is where you come in:

Poll is now closed, here are the results:

Bundler.net: 23

Bundlr: 11

NBundler: 14

Combiner.net: 5

Combinatron: 27

SquishIt: 28

If you have an additional option that you think needs to be added to the poll, please put it in a comment!

Comments

Milan Negovan

Shinkansen Jr? LOLz

Milan Negovan

May 7. 2010 09:31

United States
Derick Bailey

skip the utilitarian names altogether. i'm tired of .net apps using nWhatever and whatever.NET... be creative. do something different. there are too many products and services with "bundl" as a major part of the name, anyways.

i like to do free association to find interesting names... like how i found 'albacore' Smile

for this project... let's see... bundle... packages are bundles... "brown paper packages tied up with strings"... wire ties (i used to do construction work) ... so there's a name that's a little more interesting: wire ties. or wireTies or WireTies or something like that.

get outside of the utilitarian mindset and find something creative. Smile

Derick Bailey

May 7. 2010 09:34

United States
Justin Etheredge

@Derick I liked Combinatron myself Smile I definitely like creatively named projects, but I also like them to have some loose association with what they do.

Justin Etheredge

May 7. 2010 09:41

United States
Alex

Couldn't agree more w/ Derrick about avoiding .net or Nxxx in names, entirely too many of those.  I voted for Combinatron, it has a kind of sci-fi-y sound to it.  It would be even better if you added [1-9]000 to the end of the name Smile

Alex

May 7. 2010 09:45

United States
Justin Etheredge

@Alex Agreed, if I name it Combinatron, it is very likely some number will be applied to it. Smile

Justin Etheredge

May 7. 2010 09:48

United States
Harper Trow

SquishIt

Harper Trow

May 7. 2010 09:51

United States
Justin Etheredge

@Harper Think about that in all lowercase in a GitHub repository Smile

Justin Etheredge

May 7. 2010 10:01

United States
Troy Goode

I would change my vote to "SquishIt" if I could - especially because of the lowercase github issue. Smile

Troy Goode

May 7. 2010 10:04

United States
Justin Etheredge

@Troy Yeah, maybe I'm being a prude. Smile I'll add it to the poll, although it will have some ground to make up!

Justin Etheredge

May 7. 2010 10:06

United States
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Justin Etheredge

It seems that when I added SquishIt, it reset a bunch of the votes. So MicroPoll sucks, now I know.

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May 7. 2010 10:08

United States
KevDog

I would call it Santa, cause it delivers packages.

KevDog

May 7. 2010 10:12

United States
Milan Negovan

Isn't Combinatron a character in Michael Bay's "Transformers 3: The Revenge of Bundlers"?

Milan Negovan

May 7. 2010 10:27

United States
Justin Etheredge

@Milan Yes, I believe it might be Smile

Justin Etheredge

May 7. 2010 10:29

United States
Will

Combinatrix RELOADED

Will

May 7. 2010 10:56

United States
Kris

ScriptMule - pack it up!

Kris

May 7. 2010 13:17

United States
Scott Schlesier

Baler as in "bale the hay", seems like a nice synonym.  AFAIK it is not used in a computer context.

Scott Schlesier

May 7. 2010 13:47

Canada
Maggie Longshore

parcelizer
bundlfy
smoosher

Maggie Longshore

May 8. 2010 20:10

United States
Mike Glenn

Nanofier was the first thing to mind.

Mike Glenn

May 10. 2010 13:04

United States
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Bundler Is Now SquishIt

Bundler Is Now SquishIt

CodeThinked

May 12. 2010 17:31

valamas

Sorry i came a bit late. AssetPress is my suggestion.

Sorry, Squishit.... i just keep reading the last four letters. Also, dont rely of people to capitalize the I.

valamas

May 12. 2010 23:03

Australia

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