title: Where do javascript and css files go in a laravel project
body: <p>Where should static javascript and css files in a Laravel 4 application.  For the sake of my own understanding, I'm not interested in using any sort of assets or packages yet.</p>
  
  <p>I tried putting them under <code>public/js</code> and <code>public/packages</code> to no avail, getting the following 404 errors in my page:</p>
  
  <pre><code>GET http://localhost/~myuser/mytest/packages/test2.js 404 (Not Found)
  GET http://localhost/~myuser/mytest/js/mytest.js 404 (Not Found)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is what my <code>.htaccess</code> file looks like for reference:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Options +FollowSymLinks
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /~myuser/mytest/public/
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
  </code></pre>