Rails_Qx

The Rails_Qx gem allows building Rich-Internet-Application (RIA) user interfaces using only Ruby code. All JavaScript/HTML/CSS is automatically generated and packaged through the Rails asset pipeline.

Ruby client-side code should be created under the following RoR directories:

  • app/assets/javascripts
  • lib/assets/javascripts
  • vendor/assets/javascripts

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'rails_qx'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install rails_qx

Run the install generator

rails g rails_qx install

  • copies all needed resources files to the ./public directory
  • adds a "main" controller to the application
  • adds a "main" view to the application
  • adds "root 'main#index'" to the routes.rb config
  • copies a simple "Hello World!" application to ./app/assets/javascripts
  • removes the file ./app/assets/javascripts/application.js

After running the install generator, there should be a working "Hello World!" Qooxdoo application.

rails -s

Open a browser on localhost:3000

Demo Application using Rails_Qx

http://railsqx.com/

Demo Application Source on GitHub

https://github.com/pdfisk/rails_qx_demo

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/pdfisk/rails_qx.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.