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diff --git a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md index 301e0e7e6c..7c3fd9f69d 100644 --- a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md @@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ paintIt = (element, backgroundColor, textColor) -> element.style.color = textColor $ -> - $("a[data-background-color]").click -> + $("a[data-background-color]").click (e) -> + e.preventDefault() + backgroundColor = $(this).data("background-color") textColor = $(this).data("text-color") paintIt(this, backgroundColor, textColor) @@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ is a helper that assists with writing forms. `form_for` takes a `:remote` option. It works like this: ```erb -<%= form_for(@post, remote: true) do |f| %> +<%= form_for(@article, remote: true) do |f| %> ... <% end %> ``` @@ -164,12 +166,12 @@ option. It works like this: This will generate the following HTML: ```html -<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/posts" class="new_post" data-remote="true" id="new_post" method="post"> +<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/articles" class="new_article" data-remote="true" id="new_article" method="post"> ... </form> ``` -Note the `data-remote='true'`. Now, the form will be submitted by Ajax rather +Note the `data-remote="true"`. Now, the form will be submitted by Ajax rather than by the browser's normal submit mechanism. You probably don't want to just sit there with a filled out `<form>`, though. @@ -178,10 +180,10 @@ bind to the `ajax:success` event. On failure, use `ajax:error`. Check it out: ```coffeescript $(document).ready -> - $("#new_post").on("ajax:success", (e, data, status, xhr) -> - $("#new_post").append xhr.responseText - ).bind "ajax:error", (e, xhr, status, error) -> - $("#new_post").append "<p>ERROR</p>" + $("#new_article").on("ajax:success", (e, data, status, xhr) -> + $("#new_article").append xhr.responseText + ).on "ajax:error", (e, xhr, status, error) -> + $("#new_article").append "<p>ERROR</p>" ``` Obviously, you'll want to be a bit more sophisticated than that, but it's a @@ -194,7 +196,17 @@ is very similar to `form_for`. It has a `:remote` option that you can use like this: ```erb -<%= form_tag('/posts', remote: true) %> +<%= form_tag('/articles', remote: true) do %> + ... +<% end %> +``` + +This will generate the following HTML: + +```html +<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/articles" data-remote="true" method="post"> + ... +</form> ``` Everything else is the same as `form_for`. See its documentation for full @@ -207,21 +219,21 @@ is a helper that assists with generating links. It has a `:remote` option you can use like this: ```erb -<%= link_to "a post", @post, remote: true %> +<%= link_to "an article", @article, remote: true %> ``` which generates ```html -<a href="/posts/1" data-remote="true">a post</a> +<a href="/articles/1" data-remote="true">an article</a> ``` You can bind to the same Ajax events as `form_for`. Here's an example. Let's -assume that we have a list of posts that can be deleted with just one +assume that we have a list of articles that can be deleted with just one click. We would generate some HTML like this: ```erb -<%= link_to "Delete post", @post, remote: true, method: :delete %> +<%= link_to "Delete article", @article, remote: true, method: :delete %> ``` and write some CoffeeScript like this: @@ -229,7 +241,7 @@ and write some CoffeeScript like this: ```coffeescript $ -> $("a[data-remote]").on "ajax:success", (e, data, status, xhr) -> - alert "The post was deleted." + alert "The article was deleted." ``` ### button_to @@ -237,14 +249,14 @@ $ -> [`button_to`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/UrlHelper.html#method-i-button_to) is a helper that helps you create buttons. It has a `:remote` option that you can call like this: ```erb -<%= button_to "A post", @post, remote: true %> +<%= button_to "An article", @article, remote: true %> ``` this generates ```html -<form action="/posts/1" class="button_to" data-remote="true" method="post"> - <div><input type="submit" value="A post"></div> +<form action="/articles/1" class="button_to" data-remote="true" method="post"> + <div><input type="submit" value="An article"></div> </form> ``` @@ -299,10 +311,10 @@ The `app/views/users/_user.html.erb` partial contains the following: The top portion of the index page displays the users. The bottom portion provides a form to create a new user. -The bottom form will call the create action on the Users controller. Because +The bottom form will call the `create` action on the `UsersController`. Because the form's remote option is set to true, the request will be posted to the -users controller as an Ajax request, looking for JavaScript. In order to -service that request, the create action of your controller would look like +`UsersController` as an Ajax request, looking for JavaScript. In order to +serve that request, the `create` action of your controller would look like this: ```ruby |