Rails: Include External JavaScript

Question

I want to use a JavaScript library such as a jQuery plugin. Do I use the Rails asset pipeline? Or should I include it with a javascript_include_tag? What are my options and what

Answer 1

To access Javascript on a single file, javascript_include_tag is the best option.

With that what you can do is too add 'Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( yourfilename.js )' to your 'config/initializers/assets.rb' file.