jRails: jQuery On Rails

Written on December 11, 2007 by Eka Riyanti

Using jRails, you can get all of the same default Rails helpers for javascript functionality using the lighter jQuery library.

jRails is a drop-in jQuery replacement for Prototype/script.aculo.us on Rails. It has the features and the visual effect.The visual effects in jRails are based on the new jquery-fx library. jRails currently uses a slightly modified version of jquery fx code to get some of the desired effects.

Features of jRails :

jRails provides drop-in functionality for these existing Rails methods.

Scriptaculous

draggable_element

drop_receiving_element

sortable_element

visual_effect

RJS

hide

insert_html

remove

replace

replace_html

show

toggle

How to use it?

Just install and go! Once installed, the previous Prototype/script.aculo.us helpers will be replaced by jQuery ones. In order for them to function correctly, just include the appropriate javascript files in the head of your page.
<script src="/javascripts/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/jquery-ui.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/jquery-fx.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/jrails.js" type="text/javascript"></script>