# Loading js libraries via register\_asset

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-js-libraries-via-register-asset/156003>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 26, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-js-libraries-via-register-asset/156003 "2020-06-26T09:12:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-js-libraries-via-register-asset/156003/3 "2020-07-01T13:45:38Z")

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I wonder if this is an unintended side-effect of

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/01a722885d32220bdbeeea02a41cce602b621f44/lib/discourse_js_processor.rb#L20-L23>

(i.e. this only happens in development)

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