I can't seem to get the gon gem working with rails 4.2.0. I am getting "undefined local variable or method `gon' for #" Am I using it correctly? Also I do have the <%= include_gon(:init => true) %> in the header of my layout application.html.erb.
ApplicationController
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
gon.current_user_rolename = current_user.role.name
end
application.js
if(gon.current_user_rolename == 'Admin'){
alert('success');
}
Application.html.erb
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<%= include_gon(:init => true) %>
<%= Gon::Base.render_data({}) %>
<!-- Main css styles -->
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
<!-- Main javascript files -->
<%= javascript_include_tag 'application', "http://localhost:9292/faye.js", 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
</head>
<body >
<%=yield%>
</body>
Place this code in a method For ex:
It wont work if you define outside a method
Also place this lines as follows in application.html.erb below csrf_metags line: