Intro to Propshaft: A new asset pipeline for Rails

In this article, we'll discuss Propshaft, a new asset pipeline for Rails. To start at square one, let's discuss what an asset pipeline is. First, we have "assets", which are images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files used to make your application more delightful. You can then think of the "pipeline" as the method by which these assets are processed and ultimately used by the browser on which your app is running.If you've built a Rails app, you have utilized an asset pipeline, even if you didn't realize it. Anytime you run rails new , the sprockets-rails gem is implemented by default. The asset pipeline has three main benefits:.