Question

I have tried different ways to use this AssetPackager. The software I am working with is already using it.

I am using notepad++ to modify the software. I am trying to change the javascript code but there is not any change. i suppose I am just changing the javascript files but I am not changing the base_packaged.js which is the one that all the pages use when they load the javascript files.

Could you please tell me what I need in order to update or create a new base_packaged.js with the changes I have made?

Thank you.

Answer 1

You need to use rake to update your assets:

% rake -T asset
rake asset:packager:build_all    # Merge and compress assets
rake asset:packager:create_yml   # Generate asset_packages.yml from existing assets
rake asset:packager:delete_all   # Delete all asset builds

In your development environment the assets are not packed if you use the javascript_include_merged :base helper in your view. This way you do not need to update it after every change.

You need to build_all before deploy production environment. When you use Capistrano for deployment there are tasks you can add to your deploy chain to get your assets updated on every deployment.