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Rails on Webpack

This product is a demonstration of integration between Rails and Webpack without using any ruby gem, including some usefule tools and packages such as:

• SASS
• CoffeeScript
• Material Design Icons
• React
• ES6

If you really want to use a gem rather than DIY, click here

Usage

bundle
npm i -D
foreman start

Production Build

You can set WEBPACK_ENV environment variable to production to build optimized assets. Briefly, scripts are compressed, and styles will be extracted into a file.

How it works?

It's simple to intergrate Rails with webpack by using the its stats file and overwriting #compute_asset_path.