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diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md index 8764546873..64d1c31083 100644 --- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md +++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +**DO NOT READ THIS FILE IN GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED IN http://guides.rubyonrails.org.** + The Asset Pipeline ================== @@ -167,9 +169,8 @@ directory. Files in this directory are served by the Sprockets middleware. Assets can still be placed in the `public` hierarchy. Any assets under `public` will be served as static files by the application or web server when -`config.serve_static_assets` is set to true. You should use -`app/assets` for files that must undergo some pre-processing before they are -served. +`config.serve_static_files` is set to true. You should use `app/assets` for +files that must undergo some pre-processing before they are served. In production, Rails precompiles these files to `public/assets` by default. The precompiled copies are then served as static assets by the web server. The files @@ -181,12 +182,12 @@ When you generate a scaffold or a controller, Rails also generates a JavaScript file (or CoffeeScript file if the `coffee-rails` gem is in the `Gemfile`) and a Cascading Style Sheet file (or SCSS file if `sass-rails` is in the `Gemfile`) for that controller. Additionally, when generating a scaffold, Rails generates -the file scaffolds.css (or scaffolds.css.scss if `sass-rails` is in the +the file scaffolds.css (or scaffolds.scss if `sass-rails` is in the `Gemfile`.) For example, if you generate a `ProjectsController`, Rails will also add a new -file at `app/assets/javascripts/projects.js.coffee` and another at -`app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss`. By default these files will be ready +file at `app/assets/javascripts/projects.coffee` and another at +`app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss`. By default these files will be ready to use by your application immediately using the `require_tree` directive. See [Manifest Files and Directives](#manifest-files-and-directives) for more details on require_tree. @@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ $('#logo').attr({ src: "<%= asset_path('logo.png') %>" }); This writes the path to the particular asset being referenced. Similarly, you can use the `asset_path` helper in CoffeeScript files with `erb` -extension (e.g., `application.js.coffee.erb`): +extension (e.g., `application.coffee.erb`): ```js $('#logo').attr src: "<%= asset_path('logo.png') %>" @@ -524,8 +525,8 @@ The file extensions used on an asset determine what preprocessing is applied. When a controller or a scaffold is generated with the default Rails gemset, a CoffeeScript file and a SCSS file are generated in place of a regular JavaScript and CSS file. The example used before was a controller called "projects", which -generated an `app/assets/javascripts/projects.js.coffee` and an -`app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss` file. +generated an `app/assets/javascripts/projects.coffee` and an +`app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss` file. In development mode, or if the asset pipeline is disabled, when these files are requested they are processed by the processors provided by the `coffee-script` @@ -537,13 +538,13 @@ web server. Additional layers of preprocessing can be requested by adding other extensions, where each extension is processed in a right-to-left manner. These should be used in the order the processing should be applied. For example, a stylesheet -called `app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss.erb` is first processed as ERB, +called `app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss.erb` is first processed as ERB, then SCSS, and finally served as CSS. The same applies to a JavaScript file - -`app/assets/javascripts/projects.js.coffee.erb` is processed as ERB, then +`app/assets/javascripts/projects.coffee.erb` is processed as ERB, then CoffeeScript, and served as JavaScript. Keep in mind the order of these preprocessors is important. For example, if -you called your JavaScript file `app/assets/javascripts/projects.js.erb.coffee` +you called your JavaScript file `app/assets/javascripts/projects.erb.coffee` then it would be processed with the CoffeeScript interpreter first, which wouldn't understand ERB and therefore you would run into problems. |