Webpack and Rails
I wrote an example to show how to make Webpack work with Rails, the repo is here: webpackrails-example
The gem that I use in that example is webpackrails, it is forked from browserify-rails.
So, how to use Webpack in Rails?
Create a package.json file.
You need a package.json file in your Rails root.
bash
{
name: "abc",
"dependencies": {
"webpack": "^1.11.0"
}
}
`
Run npm install to install the dependencies.
Create a webpack.config.js file.
You need a webpack.config.js file in your Rails root, this is optional if
you don’t need any extra options for webpack.
Last, add webpackrails gem.
In the last, put gem 'webpackrails', '>= 1.0' in you Gemfile, then run bundle install.
To use react in your project, you will need react-rails gem, for more
information, please check the example.
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