Consuming a public Rails API with jQuery
A previous post explained how to implement a public API in Rails. Here, we will cover how this API can be consumed with a cross-domain request using jQuery. The idea We’ll create a simple html file...
View ArticleFirst encounter with the Rails asset pipeline and Coffeescript
I was working on a Rails 3.1 project, and wanted to have some javascript image preview functionality (much like this) in several places within the project. Since this project used the new Rails 3.1, I...
View ArticlePosting forms with AJAX on checkbox toggle
In a recent Rails 3.1 project, I wanted to have some values updated via AJAX when a checkbox value is checked or unchecked. As I was unable to find anything on the subject online, I figured I would...
View ArticleUsing jQuery promises to render Backbone views after fetching data
So I’ve been working through Brian Mann’s Marionette screencasts at Backbonerails.com. They’re absolutely top notch material, and I can’t recommend them enough. So if you want to learn how to go about...
View ArticleRendering a view after multiple async functions return (using promises)
In the last post, we saw how to use jQuery’s promises to render a view once data had been returned from an asynchronous function. Let’s take the concept a little further and see how we could render the...
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