Forum: Ruby on Rails Serving HAML assets outside of controllers

Hey guys,

I've got a rails app using Knockout.js and Path.js to do the UI, so all 
the
HTML is built as separate HTML fragments that are dynamically downloaded 
by
the browser and applied using JQuery templating. I LOVE haml and want to 
use
it to write these templates, but I have no need for inline ruby or 
access to
the controller and would prefer not to have to build routes just to 
serve
them. Is there a way to use HAML outside of views, in the assets folder 
or
the public folder that wouldn't require me defining separate routes, but
will still allow me to use it in development while deploying the 
generated
HTML to production? I know this could be a question for the HAML group 
but I
have a feeling it may have something to do with a configuration of the 
asset
pipeline. I'm using 3.1 RC6.

Thanks in advance,

Jayme

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Jayme Edwards 
<jayme.edwards@gmail.com>wrote:

> HTML to production? I know this could be a question for the HAML group but I
> have a feeling it may have something to do with a configuration of the asset
> pipeline. I'm using 3.1 RC6.
>
>
I believe haml install an haml executable which you can use to convert 
haml
files to html.
You might want to check that out if that suits your needs :)


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Any advice on how to hook this into the asset pipeline so it executes
whenever I update files?

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Jayme Edwards 
<jayme.edwards@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Any advice on how to hook this into the asset pipeline so it executes
> whenever I update files?


Sorry I don't get what you mean.  From what I understand of your
requirements, you want to
convert haml to html without rails doing it for you. if that's the case,
then i think you can use the
haml executable that comes with the gem.  But I think you need to 
require
files so that you can use
the rails helpers.

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Jayme, that's exactly what I'm looking for right now.
Well it's been more than a year since you've posted the issue so have 
you
succeeded?
I want to use Slim template files inside app/assets/templates folder. 
I'm
implementing the front-end of an app using AngularJS. The Slim file is
indeed loaded, but not handled by the Slim template handler. It's 
curious
that .erb files inside the assets folder work. That should be because 
you
can indeed use .erb with CSS and JS files.

I've googled around, looked at rails sources etc, but couldn't figure 
out
how to do that.

Anyone has a solution?