SrBuj

Better Unobtrusive JavaScript Respond (for Rails and jquery_ujs, twitter/bootstrap modal.js)

SrBuj comes to cure a common illness in a life of every Rails developer (maybe other kind too):

write the same code to rise up a modal
render a partial on it.
change an element in a view without reload the entire web page
replace content of an element (GET)
add an element (POST)
remove an element (DELETE)
replace an specific element (PUT/PATCH)
bind a callback to run specific js function.

Every time, we end up with a lot of code, ugly code, messy code or at best with an old and known .js.rb file with the same 4 lines... Well enough it's enough! This is the cure...and comes with a simple treatment too!

Steps:

bundle the gem
required in your manifest
add the 'magic data attributes' to the element
enjoy the js-less ! :-)

This unobtrusive scripting support file is developed for the Ruby on Rails framework, but is not strictly tied to any specific backend. You can drop this into any application.

These features are achieved by adding certain ["data" attributes][data] to your HTML markup. In Rails, they are added by the framework's template helpers.

Requirements

jQuery 1.7.x or higher;
jquery_ujs
twitter/bootstrap modal.js plugin or any .modal()/.modal('toggle') function attached to the jquery element.
HTML5 doctype (optional).

If you don't use HTML5, adding "data" attributes to your HTML4 or XHTML pages might make them fail [W3C markup validation][validator]. However, this shouldn't create any issues for web browsers or other user agents.

Installation

For automated installation in Rails, use the "jquery-rails" gem. Place this in your Gemfile:

  gem 'SrBuj'

And run:

$ bundle install

use the generator:

$ bundle exec rails g sr_buj:install

or the manual way:

For Rails 3.1 and higher, add //= require SrBuj in your app/assets/javascripts/application.js file like this:

//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require SrBuj

and add *= require SrBuj in your app/assets/stylesheets/application.css file:

 /*
 *= require_self
 *= require SrBuj
 *= require_tree .
 */

Use and Options

data-target: Depending on the type of request(GET/PUT/POST/DELETE) is used to alter the Dom. it represent the element that we want to alter in the view after an succceded request (needed)
data-modal: If you wish that the response ends up in a modal (default: false).
data-error: The id element where errors will be rendered if the response received a different state than 200(Ok).
data-delete: On a successded response, remove the 'data-target' element from document.
data-nochange: Don't alter the Document.(ignore the verb).
data-callback: After a succeeded response, call this function.
data-custom: Just proxy the response to data-callback function. (default: false).
data-jqueryselector: Change the data-target & data-error for selectors in jquery and find the element!
data-respond-as: We can alter the respond behavior without careing the method used on the request. values: GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE
data-push: if there is a href or action in the element, replace the url.(default: false)

You can use it with any html element available. (links forms tables divs...Anything).

Example

modal

in your view (example with a link and haml)

 = link_to 'add Element', elements_path, remote: true, data: {target: 'partial-id', modal: true}


#partial-id

in your controller

  def new
    @element= Element.new
    render partial: 'new', content_type: 'text/html' #=> the content_type stands for telling the js request that everything ends up
fine.
  end

that's it.

Contributing

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request

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