Yikes, noob alert! I haven't read about rjs. Let me do that before I trouble you any further. Thanks much, Walter.
On Oct 10, 7:13 am, Walter Lee Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 9, 2011, at 9:38 PM, heisenberg wrote: > > > What I'm trying to do: > > > For every view file (e.g. new.html.haml), include a file with this > > pattern: <action_name>.js. So, in the example of new.html.haml, I'd > > like to automatically try to include the file new.js. > > > Further, I'd like to be able to evaluate Ruby code in the JS. A silly > > example: > > > alert( #{ user.name } ); > > > I've tried a few things. At this point, it seems like maybe creating a > > partial is the easiest, but I wonder if there's a cleaner way someone > > can think of? > > <%= content_for( :head, javascript_include_tag( "#{action_name}.js" ) ) %> > > Even better, bundle that into a helper, and add some conditional logic so it > still works if that file doesn't exist. > > As for evaluating Ruby within js, you will need to make your .js file > .js.erb, but I'm not sure what environment and variables will be ready for it > when it's loaded into your page. I presume you've read about rjs, and you > don't want that? > > Walter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
