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Understanding the Asset Pipeline

#279 Understanding the Asset Pipeline

Aug 15, 2011 | 11 minutes | Rails 3.1
The asset pipeline is probably the biggest feature in Rails 3.1, but it can seem like magic at first. Here I dive into exactly how the asset pipeline works.
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bash 
bundle open jquery-rails
rails s -e production
rake assets:precompile
app/assets/anything/greeting.txt.erb 
Hello world <%= 1 + 1 %>!
app/assets/javascripts/application.js 
//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require jquery-ui
//= require_tree ./public
// or
//= require_directory .
app/assets/javascripts/admin/categories.js.coffee 
alert("hello!")