Should I port my existing Jammit asset pipeline to the new Rails 3.1 version?

Question

We've implemented Jammit for asset caching, compression and optimization in our Rails application. It's fully integrated with our continuous integration process and works well. That said, I am seeing 3.1 introduces a new canonical asset pipeline based on Sprockets.

Are there advantages to the Sprocket based approach that would merit porting our system? I do not want to spend time converting our system if there are no benefits.

Answer 1

I have already used Sprocket and Jammit and the main advantage of the Rails 3.1 approach is the complete and native integration of Sprocket, not the gem itself. I'm not a specialist but both gems are great and, for me, equivalent.

The rails 3.1 assets pipeline provide a clean architecture for js and css files and the native use of associated gems (sass, coffee-script, sprocket). If in your app you already have a clean tree for your files and a great integration of your gems, don't change anything !