Comments on: Write your Rails view in……. JavaScript? http://tenderlovemaking.com/2008/05/06/write-your-rails-view-in-javascript/ The act of making love, tenderly. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: This Week in Ruby (May 12, 2008) | Zen and the Art of Programming http://tenderlovemaking.com/2008/05/06/write-your-rails-view-in-javascript/#comment-29244 This Week in Ruby (May 12, 2008) | Zen and the Art of Programming Mon, 12 May 2008 19:53:25 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=139#comment-29244 <p>[...] screencast, that shows how to use Emacs with Rails. Other interesting highlights this week were: Write your Rails view in… JavaScript?, Community Engine (a Social Networking plugin), the release of El Dorado 0.9.2 (which adds a group [...]</p> [...] screencast, that shows how to use Emacs with Rails. Other interesting highlights this week were: Write your Rails view in… JavaScript?, Community Engine (a Social Networking plugin), the release of El Dorado 0.9.2 (which adds a group [...]

]]> By: Aaron Patterson http://tenderlovemaking.com/2008/05/06/write-your-rails-view-in-javascript/#comment-29034 Aaron Patterson Fri, 09 May 2008 15:25:17 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=139#comment-29034 <p>I'm not generating anything on the client side. This is server side javascript. The javascript is actually executed on the server.</p> I’m not generating anything on the client side. This is server side javascript. The javascript is actually executed on the server.

]]> By: win http://tenderlovemaking.com/2008/05/06/write-your-rails-view-in-javascript/#comment-29032 win Fri, 09 May 2008 15:21:29 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=139#comment-29032 <p>I'm also wondering the point of doing this? Why not just view.js.erb and use Ruby?</p> <p>On a side note I've been using TrimPath for a while to dynamically generate partials client side, works like a charm.</p> I’m also wondering the point of doing this? Why not just view.js.erb and use Ruby?

On a side note I’ve been using TrimPath for a while to dynamically generate partials client side, works like a charm.

]]> By: Brian Takita http://tenderlovemaking.com/2008/05/06/write-your-rails-view-in-javascript/#comment-28919 Brian Takita Thu, 08 May 2008 07:11:12 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=139#comment-28919 <p>Very cool. There is also the Xmlbuilder javascript library which I use to render xml on the client side. Now I can use it on the server side. ;)</p> <p>http://pivotalrb.rubyforge.org/svn/xmlbuilder/trunk</p> <p>The nice thing is you can have the power of client/server code (much easier to test and less rjs interactions with the server) while having the option to render the same objects on the server when the client/server architecture is not needed.</p> Very cool. There is also the Xmlbuilder javascript library which I use to render xml on the client side. Now I can use it on the server side. ;)

http://pivotalrb.rubyforge.org/svn/xmlbuilder/trunk

The nice thing is you can have the power of client/server code (much easier to test and less rjs interactions with the server) while having the option to render the same objects on the server when the client/server architecture is not needed.

]]> By: Alistair Holt http://tenderlovemaking.com/2008/05/06/write-your-rails-view-in-javascript/#comment-28859 Alistair Holt Wed, 07 May 2008 10:10:36 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=139#comment-28859 <p>Interesting. But why would you do this?</p> Interesting. But why would you do this?

]]> By: Aaron Patterson http://tenderlovemaking.com/2008/05/06/write-your-rails-view-in-javascript/#comment-28830 Aaron Patterson Wed, 07 May 2008 00:05:38 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=139#comment-28830 <p>Yes, you are correct. It is rendered on the server side just like ERb files.</p> Yes, you are correct. It is rendered on the server side just like ERb files.

]]> By: Dr Nic http://tenderlovemaking.com/2008/05/06/write-your-rails-view-in-javascript/#comment-28828 Dr Nic Tue, 06 May 2008 23:41:27 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=139#comment-28828 <p>Does this get rendered on the server side? So the output of the example EJS template above would be just a list of names + with no "for" loops in sight?</p> Does this get rendered on the server side? So the output of the example EJS template above would be just a list of names + with no “for” loops in sight?

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