Bower + Rails

Stop copying your javascript and css files over and over. Bower is THE tool to manage your frontend dependencies

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2. A package manager for the web
3. An easy way to manage your Javascript and CSS dependencies
4. $ bundle install $ bundle update <gem> Gemfile
5. Gemfile bower.json $ bundle install $ bundle update <gem> $ bower install <dependency> —-save $ bower update <dependency>
6. $ bower install ember $ bower install http://domain.co/a.js $ bower install git:github.com/emberjs/ember.js.git $ bower install emberjs/ember.js There are always alternatives
9. $ bower install bootstrap —-save
11. Installation
12. $ sudo apt-get install nodejs npm $ brew install nodejs $ [sudo] npm install -g bower
13. $ echo ‘bower_components’ >> .gitignore
14. $ bower init $ bower install bootstrap —-save $ bower install fontawesome —-save
15. Oh, font awesome just published a brand new set of icons!
16. Oh, font awesome just published a brand new set of icons! $ bower update fontawesome
17. Hold on there, bud. How does rails know what files to require?
20. • Saves you time • Painless way to update dependencies • Semantic versioning • No need to push third party js or css files to git • Work offline