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AJAX History State
The new pushState function in JavaScript allows us to change the full URL with AJAX. This means the back button, reloading, and bookmark support can be easily added.
(10 minutes)
Search, Sort, Paginate with AJAX
Many administration pages have search, sorting, and pagination on the index page. See how to add all of this including AJAX.
(13 minutes)
Pagination with AJAX
Learn an easy, unobtrusive way to add AJAX functionality to an existing set of pagination links using jQuery.
(13 minutes)
AJAX History and Bookmarks
Browser page history and bookmarks do not usually work with AJAX requests, but in this episode I show you how to remedy this problem using a simple jQuery plugin.
(11 minutes)
DataTables
DataTables makes it easy to convert a plain HTML table into one with pagination, sorting, and searching - all done with JavaScript and jQuery. Here I show how to set this up and use a Rails application as the data source.
(9 minutes)
Playing with PJAX
PJAX allows you to quickly update a section of a page using AJAX with automatic pushState support. Here I show how to use both pjax_rails and rack-pjax gems.
(8 minutes)
AJAX with RJS
This episode will walk you through adding AJAX functionality to a form using RJS. See how to easily update multiple elements on a page.
(11 minutes)
jQuery
How do you use jQuery with Rails? In this episode I redo episode #43 using jQuery instead of Prototype/RJS.
(9 minutes)
Debugging RJS
RJS and AJAX can be difficult to debug. Many times you don't get any error message in the browser. Learn different techniques for solving these tricky problems in this episode.
(7 minutes)