WebpackRails

v2.0.0

This gem make Webpack works with Rails.

Installation

Rails: >= 3

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'webpackrails'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install webpackrails

Create package.json in your Rails root:

{
  "name": "app",
  "dependencies": {
    "webpack": "^1.11.0",
    "railshot-webpack-plugin": "*"
  }
}

Run npm i to install the dependencies.

Usage

Make sure you have a webpack.config.js file in your Rails root dir, or specific your webpack config file within application.rb

config.webpackrails.config_file = "path_to_the_config_file"

Watch file for changes

Use webpack plugin railshot-webpack-plugin in your webpack.config.js. If you haven't install the plugin yet, run npm install railshot-webpack-plugin.

// webpack.config.js

var railshotPlugin = require('railshot-webpack-plugin');

// no entry here.
module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    railshotPlugin()
  ]
}

Troubleshooting

Wiki troubleshooting

Feature

• Support embedding erb in javascript, see troubleshooting page. Aug 16, 2015
• Support es6 (just use webpack babel loader)
• Support react jsx syntax (just use webpack babel loader)

Config

See source

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/towry/webpackrails. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.