Hello Josh, I'm from the webpack side of the equation. > It's something I'd be interested in at contributing to, if only for the selfish reason of reducing my own burden.
*A PR would greatly be appreciated*! Here are some off-the-cuff topics that I see coming up often on the issue tracker: - "I already know what my webpack.js exports need to be, how do I convert that to webpackER?" - "Webpacker comes with node sass but I need to use dart sass" - ⭐️ How package.json (unintuitively) acts differently than a gemfile (and how it can ruin your day) - "I need to use webpack-dev-server to deploy my stuff" (don't do this) - ⭐️Misunderstandings about what should be in a "pack". Users who make every individual js file a new pack will find that every pack can come at an expediential cost performance/size/buildtime depending on how much library code is duplicated. - How does json/data from server to packed js - NODE_ENV vs RAILS_ENV - When to use a file.js.erb and when to use a filePack.js (and how those communicate with each other) - There are times where you need to ignore install instructions <https://github.com/rails/webpacker/blob/master/docs/yarn.md#add-an-npm-module-to-devdependencies> from JS library READMEs Hope this is helpful for a potential guide. If you have any questions feel free to email. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:09 AM Josh Goodall <joshua.good...@gmail.com> wrote: > Despite my protestations I'm seen as A Rails Expert within my > organisation. And I've been fielding a ton of questions re. JS asset > management, due to the switch to Webpacker. > > Webpack is tremendously powerful and Webpacker is a helpful manager and > wrapper. However, Webpack itself is also a Heath Robinson machine and > trying to configure/debug it in many common cases immediately becomes a > voyage into the arcane. > > Neither of these Rails Guides currently make any mention of Webpack or > Webpacker: > The Asset Pipeline - https://guides.rubyonrails.org/asset_pipeline.html > Working with JavaScript in Rails - > https://guides.rubyonrails.org/working_with_javascript_in_rails.html > > I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that they should both deal with > relevant aspects. > > The 6.0 upgrade guide ( > https://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#using-webpacker) > makes it seem that an upgrade is as simple as adding a gem and running a > task, but for many existing applications it will be very far from trivial. > > None of this is meant to detract from what's already there - the Webpacker > gem itself has many useful docs and a pretty good README, but they're > mostly written from a different perspective to that of a _guide_. In > particular there's often assumption of familiarity with Webpack, and many > docs are thorough references rather than introductory guides. > > For all I know there may be a new guide in progress, but I couldn't see a > PR or issue. It's something I'd be interested in at contributing to, if > only for the selfish reason of reducing my own burden. > > > -- > Josh > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-core/193994bf-321b-451e-b4bb-2a4f1d23771b%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-core/193994bf-321b-451e-b4bb-2a4f1d23771b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- [image: WarmlyYours] <https://www.warmlyyours.com> Jake Niemiec *P:* (800) 875-5285 *F:* (800) 408-1100 Tell us how we're doing <https://www.warmlyyours.com/survey/customer-satisfaction/quick-survey-25> and receive $25 off your next order -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-core/CALn2xuCd7jkTegiO4V5Kp9ybDqUSZG55MQjBfK7%3DtCUy7AqO7g%40mail.gmail.com.
