Ok Im new to rails in general and these default loaders and cache loaders an all that stuff they make some sense to me. But my question is. If I want to include a certain JS file or 2 or specific script on a particular page how would I do that.
with rails I have
app/views/layouts/application.html.erb in this file I gather is the base template for my site/service, and in there I would put all the moving parts. However I have an occasional need where I only need a javascript file loaded on a particular page. But it needs to be called after the jquery file so jquery is loaded into memory prior to the file I want loaded. So Im not exactly sure how I would approach that. Cause in the layout I have the javascript loader line whatever it is exactly I dont remember but its :default none the less which means jquery and applications will load out by default from what the API tells me.
Which does bring me to another question the guy who initially set up the rails server we have added a file to the defaults I would like to mimic that but don’t know how with that either.
The simplest way would be to just include the script file in the view where you need it. jQuery will have already been loaded in the layout.
Alternatively, you can use content_for, as ctcherry mentions. You can find a more detailed explanation here: Javascript Include Tag Best Practice in a Rails Application
Also, regarding you last question, I’m not sure I understand it correctly, but you can add more options to the javascript_include_tag separated by a comma: