Rails中的引导宝石

Question

I'm going to create a new Rails project, and as I know I should use gem 'bootstrap-sass', it's not a problem for me. But I have one question - why I should use gem instead of just adding some files (CSS and JS) directly to index.html? Can you explain me? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Use gem or source files don't make any big difference.

But, when you use gem it's easier to update... you need just update the gem and it's done! And when you use the source files, you must download the new version and replace the old files. I think it's the big deal when using gem: easer to update.