I am receiving this error when I try to load a page in my new rails 5.1 app using webpacker. I would like webpacker to handle CSS as well.
Started GET "/" for ::1 at 2017-09-01 12:20:23 -0400
Processing by HomeController#welcome as HTML
Rendering home/welcome.html.erb within layouts/application
Rendered home/welcome.html.erb within layouts/application (0.4ms)
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 28ms
ActionView::Template::Error (Webpacker can't find application.css in /Users/myusername/Documents/testing-ground/myapp/public/packs/manifest.json. Possible causes:
1. You want to set wepbacker.yml value of compile to true for your environment
unless you are using the `webpack -w` or the webpack-dev-server.
2. Webpack has not yet re-run to reflect updates.
3. You have misconfigured Webpacker's config/webpacker.yml file.
4. Your Webpack configuration is not creating a manifest.
Your manifest contains:
{
"application.js": "/packs/application-1ba6db9cf5c0fb48c785.js",
"hello_react.js": "/packs/hello_react-812cbb4d606734bec7a9.js"
}
):
7: <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
8: <%= javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
9: <%= javascript_pack_tag 'application' %>
10: <%= stylesheet_pack_tag 'application' %>
11: </head>
12:
13: <body>
app/views/layouts/application.html.erb:10:in `_app_views_layouts_application_html_erb__1178607493020013329_70339213085820'
I am running the ./bin/webpack-dev-server
alongside the rails server
. I created the app using:
rails new myapp --webpack
bundle
bundle exec rails webpacker:install:react
I have a single CSS file app/javascript/src/application.css
. (Writing that makes me feel something is wrong. Putting css inside of a javascript directory seems improper.)
I just have single root route defined root to: 'home#welcome'
.
Here is app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Myapp</title>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
<%= javascript_pack_tag 'application' %>
<%= stylesheet_pack_tag 'application' %>
</head>
<body>
<%= yield %>
</body>
</html>
Here is my config/webpacker.yml
(I have tried also setting compile to false
in development.
# Note: You must restart bin/webpack-dev-server for changes to take effect
default: &default
source_path: app/javascript
source_entry_path: packs
public_output_path: packs
cache_path: tmp/cache/webpacker
# Additional paths webpack should lookup modules
# ['app/assets', 'engine/foo/app/assets']
resolved_paths: []
# Reload manifest.json on all requests so we reload latest compiled packs
cache_manifest: false
extensions:
- .coffee
- .erb
- .js
- .jsx
- .ts
- .vue
- .sass
- .scss
- .css
- .png
- .svg
- .gif
- .jpeg
- .jpg
development:
<<: *default
compile: true
dev_server:
host: localhost
port: 3035
hmr: false
https: false
test:
<<: *default
compile: true
# Compile test packs to a separate directory
public_output_path: packs-test
production:
<<: *default
# Production demands on precompilation of packs prior to booting for performance.
compile: false
# Cache manifest.json for performance
cache_manifest: true
I don't want to add too many details up-front incase they are more distracting then helpful. Please ask for anything else and I'll add to my question. Thanks!
I had this exact problem, on Rails 5.2 with Webpack's current version as of Dec 5, 2018 (4.2.x?) and just resolved it.
The fix for me was renaming
application.css
to anything else. I think there was a naming collision with Webpack.So now my pack tags look like:
I did NOT need to
import
the stylesheet insideapplication.js
. This appears to make no difference for me.OPTIONAL BONUS: I also renamed the
app/javascript
toapp/webpack
because I also thought it was confusing to run styles out of a Javascript directory (and learned from this youtube video that it could be done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_GGYIWbmg0&feature=youtu.be&t=32m35s). It was as simple asapp/webpack
webpack.yml
like so:source_path: app/webpack
Hope that helps.
In your application.js :
I had the same problem and solved it with running
yarn add postcss-smart-import
in console.upd: rails 5.2, webpacker 3.5, default config.
When HMR is set to false the styles are inlined within the bundle so you won't get any css bundle. In your webpacker.yml file, setting hmr to true should fix your problem. I realize this is an old question. Relevant, though.
In "config/environments/production.rb":
Delete "public/assets" and "public/pack"
And run: