how to set .js file loading in 3.1?

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi,

Using 3.1, I have set up a backbone.js file structure in my app/assets/ javascripts directory. I am unable to ensure that certain files have access to others in the directory, e.g., helper files. How can .js files be 'required' in other .js files?

Thanks,

Lille

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What do you mean by "How can .js files be ‘required’ in other .js files? "

That’s not really the way JavaScript works.

What exactly are you trying to do?

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Given that the OP doesn't seem to know JS all that well, it's a reasonable question. Inclusion of one kind or another (be it literal inclusion at that spot, or just noting the reference) is a feature of many other languages. I've sometimes wished JS had such a thing. :frowning:

-Dave

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Well, I'm working in Rails darlin' CoffeeScript and I see the special facilities for asset loading new with Rails 3.1, so I wondered whether it might now be possible to modularize .js code. I was encouraged in this hope by seeing that node.js offers 'require':wink:

Lille