How to load vendor asset folder in Rails 4?

Question

Any folder created directly under assets will be added to the load paths. Files in that folder can be referenced as usual like so:

If you have

then vendor/assets/custom/ will be added to the load paths.

Include your files in the following files by doing the following:

application.js

//= require js/file

application.css.scss

@import "css/file";

Once that’s done, make sure to restart your local server, since it is upon starting your server that the load paths get recognized.

Note: to see a list of load paths, type in your terminal rails c, then type Rails.application.config.assets.paths.