Merb-Assets

The gem is merb-assets.

In order to take advantage of the merb-assets you need to modify your config/init.rb and add:

dependencies "merb-assets"

Now you can use link to:

link_to("Home","/home/index")

If you have a :home route defined, you can:

link_to("Home",:home)

For your css and javascripts you have the following:

  <%= css_include_tag 'reset.css', 'master.css', 'jquery.treeview.css', :bundle => true %>
    
  <%= js_include_tag 'jquery-1.2.3.pack', 'jquery.cookie.js', 'jquery.treeview.pack.js', 'application.js', :bundle => true %>
 

The cool thing about this is that, in production mode, this assets get combined into a single file. So you'll end up with an all.css and and all.js. You can specify the name of the bundle:

  <%= css_include_tag 'reset.css', 'master.css', 'forms.css', 'jquery.treeview.css', :bundle => :base %>
    
  <%= js_include_tag 'jquery-1.2.3.pack', 'jquery.cookie.js', 'jquery.treeview.pack.js', 'application.js', :bundle => :base %>
 

This will create a base.js and base.css to be included. Nice.

More info to be added as I come across asset oriented features.

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