jquery-rails

jQuery! For Rails! So great.

This gem provides:

jQuery 1.8.0
jQuery UI 1.8.23 (javascript only)
the jQuery UJS adapter
assert_select_jquery to test jQuery responses in Ruby tests

Installation

Apps generated with Rails 3.1 or later include jquery-rails in the Gemfile by default. So just make a new app:

rails new myapp

If upgrading from an older version of rails, or for rails 3.0 apps, add the jquery-rails gem to your Gemfile.

gem "jquery-rails"

And run bundle install. The rest of the installation depends on whether the asset pipeline is being used.

Rails 3.1 or greater (with asset pipeline enabled)

The jquery and jquery-ujs files will be added to the asset pipeline and available for you to use. If they're not already in app/assets/javascripts/application.js by default, add these lines:

//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs

For jQuery UI, we recommend the jquery-ui-rails gem, as it includes the jquery-ui css and allows easier customization. This gem still packages the jQuery UI javascript for compatibility. To use it, add the following line to your application.js:

//= require jquery-ui

In order to use the themed parts of jQuery UI, you will also need to supply your own theme CSS (or use the jquery-ui-rails gem mentioned above).

Rails 3.0 (or greater with asset pipeline disabled)

This gem adds a single generator: jquery:install. Running the generator will remove any Prototype JS files you may happen to have, and copy jQuery and the jQuery-ujs driver for Rails (and optionally, jQuery UI) to the public/javascripts directory.

This gem will also hook into the Rails configuration process, removing Prototype and adding jQuery to the javascript files included by the javascript_include_tag(:defaults) call. While this gem contains the minified and un-minified versions of jQuery and jQuery UI, only the minified versions are included in :defaults.

To invoke the generator, run:

rails generate jquery:install #--ui to enable jQuery UI

You're done!

Contributing

Feel free to open an issue ticket if you find something that could be improved. A couple notes:

If it's an issue pertaining to the jquery-ujs javascript, please report it to the jquery-ujs project.
If the jquery or jquery-ui scripts are outdated (i.e. maybe a new version of jquery was released yesterday), feel free to open an issue and prod us to get that thing updated. However, for security reasons, we won't be accepting pull requests with updated jquery or jquery-ui scripts.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks are due to all of the jquery-rails contributors. Special thanks to JangoSteve for tirelessly answering questions and accepting patches, and the Rails Core Team for making jquery-rails an official part of Rails 3.1.