example npm and bower usage from a rails app

README.md

Install front-end dependencies specified by bower.json.

bower install

On production, instead of running bower install, run npm install, which should install bower and other dependencies specified in package.json.

application.rb

config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join('vendor', 'assets', 'components')

bower.json

{
  "name": "debate-watch",
  "dependencies":{
    "bootstrap": "~3.3.4",
    "d3": "~3.5.5",
    "jquery": "~2.1.4",
    "jqueryui": "~1.11.4",
    "octicons": "*"
  }
}

package.json

{
  "name": "debate-watch",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "dependencies": {
    "bower": "~1.4"
  },
  "engine": {
    "node": "0.12.7",
    "npm": "2.12.1"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "./node_modules/bower/bin/bower install"
  }
}