> How is that jQuery for Rails project coming along? I have a few friends who > would love to sink their teeth into jQuery, but they do almost all their web > development in Rails these days, and it's tough to get them off Prototype > when RoR practically feeds it to them intravenously.
I can't elaborate on the jQuery for Rails status, but being a Rails adept, I can tell you at first I also sticked to the built-in Prototype/scriptaculous helpers. However, these Rails helpers tend to limit you at a certain point (you depend on what is integrated in the helper methods and that's certainly not all of the JS library). jQuery for Rails has the same limitations. The helper methods translate to jQuery/interface instead of Prototype/scriptaculous. Then I discovered the MinusR plugin (http://www.danwebb.net/2006/11/17/rjs-minus-r). Instead of using RJS, you can just write javascript, but use ERB variables in it. I've tried it for our last project and it's really great. jQuery's syntax is so flexible and easy to learn, I find it easier just to write jQuery code than using the Rails helpers. Peter _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
