This is a draft. I'm still learning, so this information could be completely wrong.
Avoiding the Asset Pipeline
Option 1. Avoiding it in Production Only
- Disable assets in production.rb
- Create public/stylesheets and public/javascripts folders, and put your css and js files there
- Modify application.html.erb to reference your own files instead of the generated "application.css" and "application.js"
- (Optional) Specify the --no-assets option when using the scaffold and controller generators