Thank you very much for the detailed article, Andrew! One point is about removing app/assets folder which contains manifest.js file. If I remove it, I get:
sprockets/railtie.rb:105:in `block in <class:Railtie>': Expected to find a manifest file in `app/assets/config/manifest.js` (Sprockets::Railtie::ManifestNeededError)
But did not, please create this file and use it to link any assets that need
to be rendered by your app:
Example:
//= link_tree ../images
//= link_directory ../javascripts .js
//= link_directory ../stylesheets .css
and restart your server
I'm using Rails 6.0.2 version with Ruby 2.7.0. Another question I can't find the right answer is about the syntax to use in javascript/packs/application.js file. You used import '../src/application.scss'. It worked for me. Another resource es used it as require('../css/application.scss') and it worked as well. Sometimes it is really frustrating to not find the right way to follow as Rails guides still have nothing explaining this point, event after more then 6 month after its release.
Firstly, you could use still use the app/assets folder. It's a choice. I often use it for images and stylesheets and the javascript/packs folder for javascript files. So this way I will not need to tweak my app/views/layouts/application.html.erb by changing:
Secondly, import '../src/application.scss' and require('../css/application.scss') can be used interchangeably. I often use require as it saves me the stress of specifying the full path of the module. The major difference between require and import , is that require will automatically scan node_modules folder to find modules, but import , which comes from ES6 doesn't so you must specify the path of the module.
Thank you very much for the detailed article, Andrew! One point is about removing
app/assetsfolder which contains manifest.js file. If I remove it, I get:I'm using Rails 6.0.2 version with Ruby 2.7.0. Another question I can't find the right answer is about the syntax to use in
javascript/packs/application.jsfile. You usedimport '../src/application.scss'. It worked for me. Another resource es used it asrequire('../css/application.scss')and it worked as well. Sometimes it is really frustrating to not find the right way to follow as Rails guides still have nothing explaining this point, event after more then 6 month after its release.Firstly, you could use still use the
app/assetsfolder. It's a choice. I often use it for images and stylesheets and thejavascript/packsfolder for javascript files. So this way I will not need to tweak myapp/views/layouts/application.html.erbby changing:to:
Secondly,
import '../src/application.scss'andrequire('../css/application.scss')can be used interchangeably. I often userequireas it saves me the stress of specifying the full path of the module. The major difference betweenrequireandimport, is thatrequirewill automatically scan node_modules folder to find modules, butimport, which comes from ES6 doesn't so you must specify the path of the module.Read up more here: The difference between “require(x)” and “import x”