6 degrees of JavaScript on Rails
summary
Lists six concrete gradations from Unobtrusive JavaScript up to a full single page app and shows the tools and patterns used at each step: Rails data-method and confirm for deletes, a copy-to-clipboard Stimulus controller with feature detection and graceful fallback, moving from jQuery soup to organized assets and Web Packer, sprinkling React components by rendering into divs, client-side routing inside a page, and hosting an /admin SPA via simple Rails forwarding — examples compile and run and expose where complexity spikes.
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chapters (11)
- 0:006 degrees of JavaScript on Rails
- 1:12Michael Crismali
- 6:47jQuery and/or Widgets
- 7:33jQuery by Example
- 9:01Structure and Stimulus
- 12:19A Sprinkling of a Framework
- 14:30Framework Pages
- 16:37Single Page App(s) in Rails
- 17:19Rails Routes and Template
- 18:18The Degrees
- 19:39Resources
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