Uncaught ReferenceError: $ is not defined rails

Question

I\'m trying to add Froala editor to my project.

Problem only on production server(on localhost it works fine) I\'m using rails 4.1.0 In gemfile i\'m have

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Answer 1

The following is what I needed to do for Rails 6 (6.0.3.4 to be exact.) [found at (all credit goes to): https://www.botreetechnologies.com/blog/introducing-jquery-in-rails-6-using-webpacker]

1. Add jQuery to environment. $ yarn add jquery

2. Add below code in environment.js (<app_path>/config/webpack/environment.js)

    const webpack = require('webpack')
    environment.plugins.prepend('Provide',
    new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
        $: 'jquery/src/jquery',
        jQuery: 'jquery/src/jquery'
    })
    )
   

3. Require jquery in application.js file. (/app/javascript/packs/application.js) require('jquery')

4. (Restart rails server to make sure everything gets loaded.)