README

This Stimulus application will show how to install Stimulus into a Rails 7 application implementation with importmap-rails. It will also show an example of an accordion used in modern applications.

Install

This app was generated as a minimal install using:

$ rails new stimulus-example --minimal

If you are downloading this to run locally clone the repository from here

$ git clone https://github.com/leesheppard/stimulus-example.git
$ cd stimulus-example
$ bundle

Add importmap-rails to the Rails application:

$ ./bin/bundle add importmap-rails
$ ./bin/rails importmap:install

Rails generates:

Use vendor/javascript for downloaded pins
create  vendor/javascript
create  vendor/javascript/.keep

Ensure JavaScript files are in the Sprocket manifest
append  app/assets/config/manifest.js

Configure importmap paths in config/importmap.rb
create  config/importmap.rb

Copying binstub
create  bin/importmap

Add stimulus-rails to the Rails application:

$ ./bin/bundle add stimulus-rails

Install stimulus

$ ./bin/rails stimulus:install

Generate a new stimulus controller with:

$ rails g stimulus toggle

Rails generates:

create  app/javascript/controllers/toggle_controller.js

Generate a Home page:

$ rails g controller Home index

Rails generates:

create  app/controllers/home_controller.rb
route   get 'home/index'
invoke  erb
create  app/views/home
create  app/views/home/index.html.erb
invoke  test_unit
create  test/controllers/home_controller_test.rb
invoke  helper
create  app/helpers/home_helper.rb
invoke  test_unit