A Helper to Serve Gzip Assets

gistfile1.rb

module GzipHelper
  def gzip_javascript_include_tag(asset)
    # Grab the asset html include tag
    tag = javascript_include_tag asset

    # If we are in production and the requesting client accepts gzip encoding, swap for the gzip asset
    if Rails.env.production? && request.accept_encoding =~ /gzip/i
      tag = tag.gsub(/\.js/i, ".js.gz")
    end

    # Return the asset whether or not it was modified
    tag.html_safe
  end

  def gzip_stylesheet_link_tag(asset)
    # Grab the asset html include tag
    tag = stylesheet_link_tag asset

    # If we are in production and the requesting client accepts gzip encoding, swap for the gzip asset
    if Rails.env.production? && request.accept_encoding =~ /gzip/i
      tag = tag.gsub(/\.css/i, ".css.gz")
    end

    # Return the asset whether or not it was modified
    tag.html_safe
  end
end

How can i use this helper with the turbo links option

You could probably modify the methods to pass turbolinks instructions onto the javascript/stylesheet link tag methods,

e.g:

def gzip_javascript_include_tag(asset, *args)
    # Grab the asset html include tag
    tag = javascript_include_tag asset, *args
    ...

Then you can use the method in the same way you'd use a normal javascript/stylesheet tag, just include the same turboscript arguments.