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--- a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
+++ b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+**DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON http://guides.rubyonrails.org.**
+
Working with JavaScript in Rails
================================
@@ -111,7 +113,9 @@ 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 +160,7 @@ 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 %>
```
@@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ 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>
```
@@ -178,10 +182,10 @@ 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 +198,7 @@ is very similar to `form_for`. It has a `:remote` option that you can use like
this:
```erb
-<%= form_tag('/posts', remote: true) do %>
+<%= form_tag('/articles', remote: true) do %>
...
<% end %>
```
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ this:
This will generate the following HTML:
```html
-<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/posts" data-remote="true" method="post">
+<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/articles" data-remote="true" method="post">
...
</form>
```
@@ -217,21 +221,21 @@ 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:
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ 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
@@ -247,14 +251,14 @@ $ ->
[`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>
```