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authorZachary Scott <e@zzak.io>2014-08-02 23:10:34 -0700
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Merge pull request #16306 from aditya-kapoor/add-docs-for-uglifier
[ci skip] add tip for uglifier in execjs error
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$ bin/rails server
```
-TIP: Compiling CoffeeScript to JavaScript requires a JavaScript runtime and the
-absence of a runtime will give you an `execjs` error. Usually Mac OS X and
-Windows come with a JavaScript runtime installed. Rails adds the `therubyracer`
-gem to the generated `Gemfile` in a commented line for new apps and you can
-uncomment if you need it. `therubyrhino` is the recommended runtime for JRuby
-users and is added by default to the `Gemfile` in apps generated under JRuby.
-You can investigate about all the supported runtimes at
-[ExecJS](https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme).
+TIP: Compiling CoffeeScript and JavaScript asset compression requires you
+have a JavaScript runtime available on your system, in the absence
+of a runtime you will see an `execjs` error during asset compilation.
+Usually Mac OS X and Windows come with a JavaScript runtime installed.
+Rails adds the `therubyracer` gem to the generated `Gemfile` in a
+commented line for new apps and you can uncomment if you need it.
+`therubyrhino` is the recommended runtime for JRuby users and is added by
+default to the `Gemfile` in apps generated under JRuby. You can investigate
+about all the supported runtimes at [ExecJS](https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme).
This will fire up WEBrick, a web server distributed with Ruby by default. To see
your application in action, open a browser window and navigate to