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RJS Templates
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RJS Templates are one of the most exciting parts of Rails 1.1. You can manipulate pages and use Ajax to its full extent without knowing Javascript!
This 50 minute Quicktime video tutorial shows you how to use the basic RJS methods from scratch. You’ll be adding to your skills and using RJS to make more responsive and interactive applications.
Includes
- Using RJS to update page elements
- Communicating with Javascript
- Client and server based RJS
- Refactoring with helpers and templates
- Testing RJS with the ARTS plugin
- Source code for the demo used in the tutorial
Source code included, and has been updated for Rails 2.1. The video still references Rails 1.1, but the changes are minor.
A great companion to Cody Fauser’s RJS Templates for Rails book!
(Requires Quicktime 7 → Download. )
Errata
The version of Prototype that currently ships with Rails has some problems in Safari. Use Firefox to run the samples or upgrade to the latest version of Prototype 1.5.
Skills
This screencast assumes that you know what Javascript is and have used the basic features of Prototype.js. You should also be familiar with the basic file layout of a Rails app.
Revision 2 (Notes) · Updated: May 27, 2008 · Length: min · 68 MB
What People Are Saying
“I was mightily impressed…I would highly recommend this screencast even if you’re already familiar with RJS because you’ll definitely learn a new trick or two. Congratulations to Geoffrey on a job well done.” Cody Fauser, Author of RJS Templates for Rails
“This really is a great introduction to RJS. I’ve been playing around with it for a while, but your screencast had lots I hadn’t seen before. Looking forward to the next one!” Comment on blog
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