6 files changed, 16 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/USAGE b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/USAGE
index dd109fda80..ea9662436c 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/USAGE
+++ b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/USAGE
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 Description:
 ============
-    Stubs out a new cable channel for the server (in Ruby) and client (in CoffeeScript).
+    Stubs out a new cable channel for the server (in Ruby) and client (in JavaScript).
     Pass the channel name, either CamelCased or under_scored, and an optional list of channel actions as arguments.
 
-    Note: Turn on the cable connection in app/assets/javascripts/cable.js after generating any channels.
-
 Example:
 ========
     rails generate channel Chat speak
 
-    creates a Chat channel class and CoffeeScript asset:
+    creates a Chat channel class and JavaScript asset:
         Channel:    app/channels/chat_channel.rb
-        Assets:     app/assets/javascripts/channels/chat.coffee
+        Assets:     app/javascript/channels/chat_channel.js
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/channel_generator.rb b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/channel_generator.rb
index 427eef1f55..ef51981e89 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/channel_generator.rb
+++ b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/channel_generator.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ module Rails
 
         if options[:assets]
           if behavior == :invoke
-            template "assets/cable.js", "app/assets/javascripts/cable.js"
+            template "javascript/index.js", "app/javascript/channels/index.js"
+            template "javascript/consumer.js", "app/javascript/channels/consumer.js"
           end
 
-          js_template "assets/channel", File.join("app/assets/javascripts/channels", class_path, "#{file_name}")
+          js_template "javascript/channel", File.join("app/javascript/channels", class_path, "#{file_name}_channel")
         end
 
         generate_application_cable_files
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/assets/channel.coffee.tt b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/assets/channel.coffee.tt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5467811aba..0000000000
--- a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/assets/channel.coffee.tt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-App.<%= class_name.underscore %> = App.cable.subscriptions.create "<%= class_name %>Channel",
-  connected: ->
-    # Called when the subscription is ready for use on the server
-
-  disconnected: ->
-    # Called when the subscription has been terminated by the server
-
-  received: (data) ->
-    # Called when there's incoming data on the websocket for this channel
-<% actions.each do |action| -%>
-
-  <%= action %>: ->
-    @perform '<%= action %>'
-<% end -%>
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/assets/channel.js.tt b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/javascript/channel.js.tt
index ab0e68b11a..33baaa5a22 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/assets/channel.js.tt
+++ b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/javascript/channel.js.tt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-App.<%= class_name.underscore %> = App.cable.subscriptions.create("<%= class_name %>Channel", {
+import consumer from "./consumer"
+
+consumer.subscriptions.create("<%= class_name %>Channel", {
   connected: function() {
     // Called when the subscription is ready for use on the server
   },
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/assets/cable.js.tt b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/javascript/consumer.js.tt
index 739aa5f022..76ca3d0f2f 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/assets/cable.js.tt
+++ b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/javascript/consumer.js.tt
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 // Action Cable provides the framework to deal with WebSockets in Rails.
 // You can generate new channels where WebSocket features live using the `rails generate channel` command.
-//
-//= require action_cable
-//= require_self
-//= require_tree ./channels
 
-(function() {
-  this.App || (this.App = {});
+import ActionCable from "actioncable"
 
-  App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer();
-
-}).call(this);
+export default ActionCable.createConsumer()
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/javascript/index.js.tt b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/javascript/index.js.tt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5da1ce2dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actioncable/lib/rails/generators/channel/templates/javascript/index.js.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Load all the channels within this directory and all subdirectories. 
+// Channel files must be named *_channel.js.
+
+const channels = require.context('.', true, /\_channel\.js$/)
+channels.keys().forEach(channels)