How to include a vendor multi-module JS library in Rails?

Rails
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Hello everyone,

I am trying to include a JS library (GeoExt
https://geoext.github.io/geoext2/) in an existing Rails application.
Following the Asset Pipeline guide
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/asset_pipeline.html, I did:

Created the folder /vendor/assets/javascripts/GeoExt to where I
copied
all the JS modules.

Created the file /vendor/assets/javascripts/GeoExt/index.js
containing
the //= require_tree . directive.

In the application.js file included the directive //= require GeoExt.

With this setting I am getting a 404 error every time a module from this
library is referenced. What am I doing wrong?

Thank you.

2

On 28 August 2014 09:03, Luís de Sousa [email protected]
wrote:

In the application.js file included the directive //= require GeoExt.

With this setting I am getting a 404 error every time a module from this
library is referenced. What am I doing wrong?

I have not done exactly that. Does it work if you put GeoExt
immediately under assets so /vendor/assets/GeoExt?

Colin

3

You probably have same problem that I was writing in this post.
https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/5503104

Javascript library is trying to load modules in runtime. Your chance is
to place javascript files directly to the place (url) where they are
required. Look at the url in error and put javascript files there.

by
TheR

4

Hi Colin,

No, moving the library a folder up doesn’t not change the outcome.

Thank you,

Luís

5

Hi Damjan,

These URLs are point to /datasets/mass_import, a path that does not
exist
in this project:

http://localhost:3000/datasets/mass_import/GeoExt/data/reader/Wmc.js?_dc=1409661484402

If you are correct, then I a do not have much of an idea where to
include
the library.

Thank you,

Luís