Quick Rails tip for beginners
I'm using Rails 7 with Bootstrap 5. Here's a nice tutorial on how to generate a Rails 7 app with Bootstrap 5.
Say that you want to add custom CSS files in your Rails app. Here are the steps that worked for me:
- Place your CSS file in
app/assets/stylesheetsfolder - Reference the file in
app/assets/stylesheets/application.bootstrap.scss
It should look like this:
//= link_tree ../images
//= link_tree ../builds
//= link my_custom.css
- Now you have to put the following line inside the
<head>tag in theapp/layouts/application.html.erb:
<%= stylesheet_link_tag "navbar", media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
And that's it. You don't even need to restart the server jut refresh the page. If you want to make sure the CSS file has been recognized/loaded, you can inspect the page and look for the loaded resources.
Disclaimer: I'm learning Rails as I go so improvement suggestions are welcomed
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