Compress and cache your Javascript and CSS files automatically.
Set up your manifest file, install the helpers and the middleware, and you're up and running with compressed assets served lightning fast on pure Rack.
All assets are loaded only once, and then stored in the browser disk cache, making your pages load in milliseconds. This is a must-have for any web site.
gem install asset
or add to Gemfile. In your Rack app include the line
# Rack apps
include Asset::Router
# Sinatra
helpers Asset::Router# Default is production
@mode = ENV['RACK_ENV'] || 'production'
# Where your assets live
@path = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'app', 'assets')
# Where to write the cache, default to ./tmp
@cache = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'tmp')
# Automatically bounce (404) for browser /favicon.ico requests
@favicon = true
# Send /robots.txt to a standard robots txt with reference to /sitemap.xml
@robots = true
# Reload the assets on change in development mode
@listener = true
# Follow symlinks in assets
@symlinks = true
# Debug option
@debug = false# Install your manifest file in APP_ROOT/app/assets/manifest.yml
# Asset manifest. Only the files mentioned here will be bundled.
css:
- app.css
- themes/themes.css
js:
- app.js
- lib/cookie.js# After setting up the manifest file, use the helpers in your views
<%= script_tag 'app.js' %>
<%= style_tag 'app.css' %>
# Multiple
<%= script_tag 'app.js', 'lib/cookies.js' %>
# Bundle all Javascript files with 'bundle.js'
<%= script_tag 'bundle.js' %>
# Bundle all CSS files with 'bundle.css'
<%= script_tag 'bundle.css' %>In development mode, all files will be loaded. In production mode, you'll load only one file.
The file will also be cached and compressed. The cache auto-expires.
The Asset gem also comes with Rack middleware to handle requests for your assets.
# Insert the asset middleware early in the stack
use Asset::Router
# Full example from the config.ru file
# Set up middleware stack
app = Rack::Builder.new do
# Use Rack::Cache to enable 304 for last modified
use Rack::Cache
# Include the Asset middleware router
use Asset::Router
# Use this setup to have files served from /assets/images and /assets/fonts
use Rack::Static, :urls => ['/images', '/fonts'], :root => APP_ASSETS,
:header_rules => [
[:all, {'Cache-Control' => 'public, max-age=31536000'}],
[:fonts, {'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' => '*'}]
]
run App # Your app goes here
end
# Run app
run app
# Files will be available here on your server (HTTP):
/assets/js/app.js
/assets/js/lib/app.js
/assets/css/app.css
/assets/css/themes/dark.css
# You can also drop the /assets in front
/js/app.js
/css/app.cssThe helpers will generate these URLs, so you don't have to worry about it.
To include support for other static file types likes images and fonts, use Rack::Static, see the example above.
We've included an image tag helper too for this use:
# Use this in your application, will default to APP_ROOT/assets/images
<%= image_tag 'logo.png' %>Created and maintained by Eldøy Projects
@authors: Vidar