I am attempting to add some jquery to an application that I am developing but I am having trouble getting my newly created .js file to load. I have tried manually requiring my file in the application.js but it still does not seem to load. Is there anything else that I can check to see why my .js file is not loading?
So far after adding my .js file, I have checked the html source and also looked in the firebug console to see if it loaded and it is not there. As for a second measure to see if the file is loaded but I just can’t seem to find it I added an alert to the the .js file I wanted loaded and it never executed.
I welcome any ideas on how I can resolve this issue. At this moment I am at a stand still till I can understand whats going on :-/
I am almost certain you are using Rails 3.1 or higher. It has some
new assumptions that you may not be aware of.
I highly suggest you go to RailsCasts and watch/read episode #265.
About 4 minutes into the video, you will have your answer.
> I am attempting to add some jquery to an application that I am developing
> but I am having trouble getting my newly created .js file to load. I have
> tried manually requiring my file in the application.js but it still does
> not seem to load. Is there anything else that I can check to see why my .js
> file is not loading?
> So far after adding my .js file, I have checked the html source and also
> looked in the firebug console to see if it loaded and it is not there. As
> for a second measure to see if the file is loaded but I just can't seem to
> find it I added an alert to the the .js file I wanted loaded and it never
> executed.
> I welcome any ideas on how I can resolve this issue. At this moment I am
> at a stand still till I can understand whats going on :-/
Some generic questions that can focus the problem.
In which directory is your new .js file exactly?
The new .js file is in app/assets/javascripts
How did you try to "... I have tried manually requiring my file in the
application.js ..."
exact code snippet.
are not comments, but determine which code is included for building the
assets ?
Yes I am aware of those lines and I did not remove any of those lines
or modify them. When I placed my .js file in the correct location I
was under the impression that //= require_tree . would pick up that
file so that I would not have to add it manually.
I presume you are now talking about dev environment ?
I am almost certain you are using Rails 3.1 or higher. It has some
new assumptions that you may not be aware of.
I highly suggest you go to RailsCasts and watch/read episode #265.
About 4 minutes into the video, you will have your answer.
Thanks for the response soldier.
I just finished looking at railscast 265 as you suggested but
unfortunately it did not tell me anything new. My understanding of
assets came from the rails cast #279 (I believe). I think they are
saying the same thing.
> > > I am attempting to add some jquery to an application that I am
> developing
> > > but I am having trouble getting my newly created .js file to load. I
> have
> > > tried manually requiring my file in the application.js but it still
> does
> > > not seem to load. Is there anything else that I can check to see why
> my .js
> > > file is not loading?
> > > So far after adding my .js file, I have checked the html source and
> also
> > > looked in the firebug console to see if it loaded and it is not there.
> As
> > > for a second measure to see if the file is loaded but I just can't
> seem to
> > > find it I added an alert to the the .js file I wanted loaded and it
> never
> > > executed.
> > > I welcome any ideas on how I can resolve this issue. At this moment I
> am
> > > at a stand still till I can understand whats going on :-/
> > Some generic questions that can focus the problem.
> > In which directory is your new .js file exactly?
> The new .js file is in app/assets/javascripts
> > How did you try to "... I have tried manually requiring my file in the
> > application.js ..."
> > exact code snippet.
> > are not comments, but determine which code is included for building the
> > assets ?
> Yes I am aware of those lines and I did not remove any of those lines
> or modify them. When I placed my .js file in the correct location I
> was under the impression that //= require_tree . would pick up that
> file so that I would not have to add it manually.
Yes it should. I just added a test.js for fun I see this in the source of
the
home page:
I actually don't see my application.js file either. I am pretty sure
before I upgraded to rails 3.1.3 from 3.1.0 I at least saw my
application.js file. So now I am even more confused.
With the asset pipeline, you don't include assets explicitly at /assets/application.js
Instead, you use the asset pipeline and let it handle this for you. Re-read the Asset pipeline Rails guide carefully, make sure your config.assets settings are correct (remember, "turned on by default" doesn't apply if you upgraded from a pre-3.1 rails app -- you have to change the config setting yourself).
The assets get compiled into a folder at public/assets/ but you can't include those explicitly because of the asset ID thumbprint hash that gets added.
