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Asked: 2026-06-03T04:06:28+00:00

For site wide specific JS code (i.e. for the header, which appears on all

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For site wide specific JS code (i.e. for the header, which appears on all pages). Where should this be placed? In:

app/assets/javascripts/application.js

Is that right?

For pages#home. Which root_url also points to (root :to => 'pages#home'). Where should my JS file be placed in the pipeline?

app/assets/javascripts/pages/home.js

And regards to my application.js. Is this right? It currently looks like:

//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require_directory .

Or should I just embed page specific JS in the view?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s not a good idea to put js code in application.js. You can put that code in any other file on the assets/javascripts folder and it will be included automatically by the require_directory or require_tree command. Your application.js file is perfectly fine as it is right now, but you might want to use require_tree instead of require_directory for recursive inclusion.

    For example, the javascripts files in app/assets/javascripts/pages will be included by require_tree but not by require_directory.

    Recommended reading: Asset pipeline guide

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