I'm in the process of upgrading an older Rails 3.2 application to 4.1 and am having an issue with prereqs in that I am having to add a "require" line to my application.rb file for each of my gems in order to get them to load.
This can't be right.. Previously devise, paperclip, pusher, rescue, rolify, stripe..etc would load and work perfectly without doing this. Now I have to add the following to the application rb file at top for them to work.
require 'devise'
require 'paperclip'
require 'pusher'
require 'resque'
require 'rolify'
require 'stripe'
Obviously I'm doing something wrong in my conversion. Thoughts? Why am I forced to add requires?
I have written other Rails 4.1 apps from scratch and never had to do this so I'm not sure why its making me do it here..
I'm also using RVM if that's possibly the issue?
Any help or thoughts you might have would be very much appreciated.
Yep that was it.
In Rails 4.0 they added the following to the application.rb file that wasn't in my 3.2 file.
# Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
# you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
Bundler.require(:default, Rails.env)
I am using rails 3.1.12, and wanted to use font-awesome-sass gem. So i included it in my gemfile, and did bundle install. Everything worked fine.
then I put *= require font-awesome in application.css file, and started the server, but i get this error :
undefined method `dependency_paths' for "#< Sprockets::StaticAsset:0x007fe40cf30208>
I think, its something to do with *= require font-awesome.
Make sure to use font-awesome version 3.1.1.0 or earlier.
In your gemfile:
gem 'font-awesome-rails', '3.1.1.0'
And then bundle install/bundle update
Github Readme
And have you restarted the rails server?
I have worked with Rails 4 earlier and getting bootstrap and sass to work with a Rails 4 application was very easy by doing:
Adding gem 'bootstrap-sass' and gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.0' to the Gemfile and running bundle install
Add //= require bootstrap line to application.js
Adding config.assets.precompile += %w(*.png *.jpg *.jpeg *.gif) line to application.rb
Adding #import "bootstrap"; line to the top of the *.css.scss file
But the same when done with a Rails 2 application doesnt seem to get the Bootstrap and SCSS to work. Can anybody explain the steps involved in gettin bootstrap and scss to work with a Rails 2 application?
P.S : My application's exact Rails version is 2.3.18 and am using Ruby 1.8.7
I have an existing Rails 3.2.14 application that I am trying to add zurb-foundation to. I have added the zurb-foundation gem and run the installation generator.
My problem is that, whenever I try to load a page, I get this error:
couldn't find file 'foundation'
when Sprockets hits the
//= require foundation
line in application.js
The problem appears to be that the directory with the assets from the zurb-foundation gem are not being added to the load path. In contrast, I have an application that I generated more recently, including zurb-foundation from the beginning, and #asset_paths.asset_environment.paths includes the following
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-rails-3.0.4/vendor/assets/javascripts",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/coffee-rails-3.2.2/lib/assets/javascripts",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/zurb-foundation-4.3.0/scss",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/zurb-foundation-4.3.0/js"
which are not included in the asset load path in the app I am updating. Instead, I am getting (with p #asset_paths.asset_environment.paths in the better_errors diagnostic window)
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-ui-rails-4.0.4/app/assets/images",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-ui-rails-4.0.4/app/assets/javascripts",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-ui-rails-4.0.4/app/assets/stylesheets",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-rails-3.0.4/vendor/assets/javascripts",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/coffee-rails-3.2.2/lib/assets/javascripts"
interestingly, if I run the console in development mode and look at Rails.application.config.assets.path, it includes:
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-ui-rails-4.0.4/app/assets/images",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-ui-rails-4.0.4/app/assets/javascripts",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-ui-rails-4.0.4/app/assets/stylesheets",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/jquery-rails-3.0.4/vendor/assets/javascripts",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/coffee-rails-3.2.2/lib/assets/javascripts",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/zurb-foundation-4.3.1/scss",
"/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/zurb-foundation-4.3.1/js"
and that DOES include the zurb-foundation asset paths.
I have included gem 'zurb-foundation' in the assets group, in the development group, and outside any group. I am using zurb-foundation-4.3.1 in the new app.
My Gemfile assets group is:
group :assets do
gem 'sass-rails'
gem 'coffee-rails'
gem 'uglifier'
gem 'compass-rails'
gem 'zurb-foundation'
end
This problem seems similar to Sprockets::FileNotFound with ZURB Foundation, although Jurriaan did not mention the asset load path.
Any idea what I could be missing?
Thanks!
Have you tried restarting the webserver?
Update:
You said it runs fine in development, Have you tried to rake assets:clean and rake assets:precompile?
It was a problem with a gem that was preventing foundation's entries being added to the load_path. The gem involved was mongomapper-versioned.
By not loading that gem, the problem resolved. By adding the gem back, the problem recurs.
That gem has not had any activity for two years. I guess it's time to find something else.
I'm trying to install Bootstrap 3.0 on my Rails app. I recently finished Michael Hartl's tutorial and am now trying to build my own system using this new version of Bootstrap, but I have a few questions that I'm not sure about.
My system specs:
OS X Mountain Lion on MBP
Rails 4.0
Ruby 2.0
Questions I have:
What is the best gem to use in my Gemfile? I have found a few of them.
What do I import on my custom.css.scss? I read somewhere that it's different from 2.3.2.
Is there anything else I have to do to get Bootstrap to work, or are the remaining steps identical to the ones I followed for Bootstrap 2.3.2?
Edit
Here is what the bootstrap-rails project on GitHub first says to do:
gem 'anjlab-bootstrap-rails', :require => 'bootstrap-rails',
:github => 'anjlab/bootstrap-rails'
Then it says to do:
gem 'anjlab-bootstrap-rails', '>= 3.0.0.0', :require => 'bootstrap-rails'
Do they do the same thing, or do you have to do them both?
Actually you don't need gem for this, here is the step to install Bootstrap 3 in RoR
Download Bootstrap
Copy:
bootstrap-dist/css/bootstrap.css and bootstrap-dist/css/bootstrap.min.css
To: vendor/assets/stylesheets
Copy:
bootstrap-dist/js/bootstrap.js and bootstrap-dist/js/bootstrap.min.js
To: vendor/assets/javascripts
Update: app/assets/stylesheets/application.css by adding:
*= require bootstrap.min
Update: app/assets/javascripts/application.jsby adding:
//= require bootstrap.min
With this you can update bootstrap any time you want, don't need to wait gem to be updated. Also with this approach assets pipeline will use minified versions in production.
As many know, there is no need for a gem.
Steps to take:
Download Bootstrap
Direct download link Bootstrap 3.1.1
Or got to http://getbootstrap.com/
Copy
bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css
bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css
to: app/assets/stylesheets
Copy
bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js
bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js
to: app/assets/javascripts
Append to: app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
*= require bootstrap
Append to: app/assets/javascripts/application.js
//= require bootstrap
That is all. You are ready to add a new cool Bootstrap template.
Why app/ instead of vendor/?
It is important to add the files to app/assets, so in the future you'll be able to overwrite Bootstrap styles.
If later you want to add a custom.css.scss file with custom styles. You'll have something similar to this in application.css:
*= require bootstrap
*= require custom
If you placed the bootstrap files in app/assets, everything works as expected. But, if you placed them in vendor/assets, the Bootstrap files will be loaded last. Like this:
<link href="/assets/custom.css?body=1" media="screen" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="/assets/bootstrap.css?body=1" media="screen" rel="stylesheet">
So, some of your customizations won't be used as the Bootstrap styles will override them.
Reason behind this
Rails will search for assets in many locations; to get a list of this locations you can do this:
$ rails console
> Rails.application.config.assets.paths
In the output you'll see that app/assets takes precedence, thus loading it first.
This answer is for those of you looking to Install Bootstrap 3 in your Rails app without using a gem. There are two simple ways to do this that take less than 10 minutes. Pick the one that suites your needs best. Glyphicons and Javascript work and I've tested them with the latest beta of Rails 4.1.0 as well.
Using Bootstrap 3 with Rails 4 - The Bootstrap 3 files are copied into the vendor directory of your application.
Adding Bootstrap from a CDN to your Rails application - The Bootstrap 3 files are served from the Bootstrap CDN.
Number 2 above is the most flexible. All you need to do is change the version number that is stored in a layout helper. So you can run the Bootstrap version of your choice, whether that is 3.0.0, 3.0.3 or even older Bootstrap 2 releases.
Twitter now has a sass-ready version of bootstrap with gem included, so it is easier than ever to add it to Rails.
Simply add to your gemfile the following:
gem 'sass-rails', '>= 3.2' # sass-rails needs to be higher than 3.2
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.1.1'
bundle install and restart your server to make the files available through the pipeline.
There is also support for compass and sass-only: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-sass
I use https://github.com/yabawock/bootstrap-sass-rails
Which is pretty much straight forward install, fast gem updates and followups and quick fixes in case is needed.
gem bootstrap-sass
bootstrap-sass is easy to drop into Rails with the asset pipeline.
In your Gemfile you need to add the bootstrap-sass gem, and ensure that the sass-rails gem is present - it is added to new Rails applications by default.
gem 'sass-rails', '>= 3.2' # sass-rails needs to be higher than 3.2
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.0.3.0'
bundle install and restart your server to make the files available through the pipeline.
Source: http://rubydoc.info/gems/bootstrap-sass/3.0.3.0/frames
For me, the simplest way to do this is
1) Download and unzip bootstrap into vendor
2) Add the bootstrap path to your config
config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join("vendor/bootstrap-3.3.6-dist")
3) Require them
in css *= require css/bootstrap
in js //= require js/bootstrap
Done!
This methods makes the fonts load without any other special configuration and doesn't require moving the bootstrap files out of their self-contained directory.
Using this branch will hopefully solve the problem:
gem 'twitter-bootstrap-rails',
git: 'git://github.com/seyhunak/twitter-bootstrap-rails.git',
branch: 'bootstrap3'
I think the most up to date gem for the new bootstrap version is form anjlab.
But I don't know if it currently works good with other gems like simple_form when you do rails generate simple_form:install --bootstrap, etc. you may have to edit some initializers or configurations to fit the new bootstrap version.
I actually had an easy workaround on this one in which I nearly scratch my head on how to make it work. hahah!
Well, first I downloaded Bootstrap (the compiled css and js version).
Then I pasted all the bootstrap css files to the app/assets/stylesheets/.
And then I pasted all the bootstrap js files to the app/assets/javascripts/.
I reloaded the page and wallah! I just added bootstrap in my RoR!