[FAQ] Install and run on Rails 6 beta

[kirantpatil]

Hi,

Rails 6 is using webpacker for javascript assets.

Sprockets js assets pipeline is removed from Rails 6.

How to use this gem in Rails 6 ?

Thanks.

[iyerushalmi]

Did anyone figure this out?

[alex91ckua]

I went with the next solution:

1. Copy "vendor" and "lib" directories from gem https://github.com/tombenner/reports_kit/tree/master/app/assets/javascripts/reports_kit and put them into app/javascript/vendors

2. In javascript/packs/application.js put all required js.

require("vendors/reports_kit/vendor/moment")
require("vendors/reports_kit/vendor/chart")
require("vendors/reports_kit/vendor/daterangepicker")
require("vendors/reports_kit/vendor/jquery.tablesorter.min")
require("vendors/reports_kit/vendor/select2.full")

require("vendors/reports_kit/lib/_init")
require("vendors/reports_kit/lib/chart")
require("vendors/reports_kit/lib/report")
require("vendors/reports_kit/lib/table")

3. Open config/webpack/environment.js and add:

const moment = require('./plugins/moment')
environment.plugins.prepend('moment', moment)

just before:
module.exports = environment

4. Create new directory inside "config/webpack", call it "plugins"

5. In that new folder create new file called "moment.js", and put next code inside it:

const webpack = require('webpack')

module.exports = new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
  "moment":"moment",
});

That's it! Now it's compatible with webpacker.