On 8 March 2016 at 05:14, Donald Ziesig <don...@ziesig.org> wrote: > Hi All! > > Another problem. I am using Rails 5.0.0.beta3 with a minor javascript file > (115 lines). I have encountered the following problem several times in the > past two days. In both earlier cases, I ended up returning to the master > branch and starting over (there were very few changes in those two branches, > I hadn't gotten very far). Now I have it very close to being finished and I > can't seem to get it to work like it was a few minutes ago. Unfortunately, > I have not committed my changes frequently enough (dumb, I know) so I will > have to start over again. (I can copy the edited files out of the git tree, > create a new branch and copy them back, but I would like to get to the > bottom of this weirdness before I do), > > I am working in development mode. I can edit and test the .js.erb file in > assets with no problems for hours on end. Most of the time I don't even > have to restart the server (usually when I edit routes.rb). > > Suddenly, it gives me an error message about needing to pre-compile the js > file in production mode by editing a config file and restarting.
Can you copy/paste the full error message please. I have seen errors like this where the message is a bit confusing. Also it would be worth comparing the logs before and after it fails to see what the difference is. Colin > Without > changing the config (as it recommends) when I restart the app it no longer > loads the javascript file, and none of the routines in it execute anymore. > It also ignores any edits that I make to that file. In one of the earlier > cases I did edit the config file as it requested, but that did nothing to > solve the problem. > > I don't have any idea what I might have changed to cause this. I looked at > the git status and I have only changed/created four files: > > 1) The layout file that originally had the js code (was moved to the newly > created js.erb file) > 2) The controller file > 3) The routes.rb file, and > 4) The newly created js.erb file. > > The last edit was to correct a typo in the js.erb file. > > The program works (loads the js from the layout file and does everything > that is already coded) when I switch back to the master branch, but as soon > as I go to the working branch, the problem comes back. > > The rails log seems to show it loading pre-compiled scripts after it breaks, > while before it seems to be getting files from the assets directory. (Not > sure about this). > > I tried both Firefox and Chrome and both show the same behavior (not > surprising). > > I double checked that RAILS_ENV=development and it is. This has been setup > for years and only changes when I explicitly set it to production (rarely). > It returns to development whenever I login. > > Where should I start looking for this problem? > > Thanks, > > Don > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/56DE5FC6.8050506%40ziesig.org. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAL%3D0gLsMwP_%3DRJqdnZ%3DadExaPuHU7QXcrx3H05GA8nLZzvXXig%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
