My last post was about using webpacker v3 on Rails 5.1.
This time I want to explore how to replace the traditional sprockets-based asset pipeline completely.
Our goal will be to add Bootstrap v4 and jQuery v3 to an app, handled entirely through webpacker. We won’t even install the sprockets related gems.
We’ll also enable rails-ujs, turbolinks, and even images using webpacker.
I recently started a new Rails 5.1 project. I wanted to try out webpacker, which is now at version 3. Turns out, the webpacker team has been working hard to simplify things and they’ve accomplished quite a bit. Most posts online talk about v1 or v2, and they include a lot more steps than are now necessary.
My goal here is to show how to use webpacker alongside the traditional asset pipeline (sprockets). The next post will show how to completely replace the asset pipeline with webpacker.
For reference, I’m working with ruby 2.4.2, rails 5.1.4, webpacker 3.0.2, node 8.7.0, and yarn 1.2.1.
Let’s dive into the now-simplified webpacker world.
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