Question

1. I would like to know if there is some standard (Rails-version-independent) folder in Rails application where to put javascripts or stylesheets.
2. when I insert javascript_include_tag and stylesheet_link_tag they link to /assets by default. How to specify folder, containing javascripts or folder containing stylesheets?
3. I read that there is some Rails.application.config.assets.paths configuration thing which lets me to specify folder for assets (btw. in which .rb file should I assign its value?). But it seems to point out a single folder for all JS and CSS files together, but I want to store them in separate folders.

Answer 1

1. For rails 3 you can put all your javascripts and CSS files in public/assets/javascripts and public/assets/stylesheets
   javascript_include_tag will be linked correctly in that case.
   For rails 2 the same, just leave assets out.

2. those tags are helpers, so they point to the asset folder and respectively the folder /javascripts or /stylesheets.

   <%= javascript_include_tag "something" %>
   

   generates a link to /assets/javascripts/something.js

3. You can edit the path in config/application.rb just place

   config.assets.enabled = true
   config.assets.paths << "#{Rails.root}/app/or_whatever_path_to_use"
   

   in there