RenderAsync

Lets you render paths asynchronously in Rails with an AJAX call. You use it like this:

# routes.rb:
match 'articles/counter' => 'articles#counter', :as => :articles_counter
# ^ Of course you won't use match, but you get the idea.

# In a view template:
<%= render_async articles_counter_path %>

This will generate the following HTML:

<div id="render_async_1a931cec881377296672"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
(function($){
  div_elem = $("#render_async_1a931cec881377296672");
  $.ajax({
    url: "/articles/counter",
    success: function(response, status) {
      div_elem.html(response);
    }
  });
}(jQuery));
</script>

Requirements

RenderAsync depends on a footer-block in your application-wide template, like this:

<%= yield :footer %>

And it also depends on you having included jQuery on the page.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'render_async'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install render_async

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request