Can React on Rails be integrated into an existing Rails 3.x app?

Question

The prerequisites from the README say "React on Rails supports older versions of Rails back to 3.x" so I was led to believe it could. But then during the install process I see I have to install webpacker. And there's the note "Rails/webpacker requires version 4.2+."

So I'm currently stalled out and wondering if this really does support Rails 3.x or if I misunderstood the documentation.

Is there a way to integrate React on Rails into an existing Rails 3.x app?

Thank you!

Can you raise an issue on the GitHub repo for `react_on_rails`? You might get a quick response there too. — Jagdeep Singh, Aug 22 '18 at 04:45
@JagdeepSingh thanks, I forgot to mention I created this issue: https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/issues/1137 — evanrmurphy, Aug 22 '18 at 11:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 22 '18 at 11:32

According to justin808 on the corresponding GitHub issue for this question:

"React on Rails should not require rails/webpacker.

Just use the asset pipeline."

I guess I misunderstood that rails/webpacker was a hard dependency. Trying again now to get react_on_rails working without it. I'll mark this as the accepted answer, at least for now.

Can React on Rails be integrated into an existing Rails 3.x app?

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