@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ ---- -:format: :markdown -:title: Introducing Unobtrusive Javascript for Rails -:published_on: Tue Jun 06 22:23:00 UTC 2006 ---- +--- +:format: :markdown +:title: Introducing Unobtrusive Javascript for Rails +:published_on: Tue Jun 06 22:23:00 UTC 2006 +--- +<div class="notice">Update 15 Feb 2009: The UJS plugin for Rails is no longer actively maintained but you can find the <a href="http://github.com/lukeredpath/ujs4rails">the source on github</a>.</div> + Rails makes a lot of things easier for a developer. One of those things is AJAX. The built-in Javascript and AJAX helpers, such as form\_remote\_tag and link\_to\_remote, make developing AJAX apps a breeze. But if there has every been one major bone of contention with these helpers, it's the markup they produce. Developers have been well aware of the need to separate content from presentation with CSS for a while now - less prevalent is the recognition of the benefits in separating *behaviour* from content. **Update 21/08/2006**: The latest version of this plugin is 0.3 - please see [this post](http://www.lukeredpath.co.uk/2006/8/21/ujs-rails-plugin-0-3-new-name-new-website) and the [official UJS website](http://www.ujs4rails.com) for more information. 002-introducing-unobtrusive-javascript-for-rails.markdown @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ ---- -:format: :markdown -:title: Unobtrusive Javascript in Rails...what if? -:published_on: Tue Jun 06 00:22:00 UTC 2006 ---- +--- +:title: Unobtrusive Javascript in Rails...what if? +:published_on: Tue Jun 06 00:22:00 UTC 2006 +--- +<div class="notice">Update 15 Feb 2009: The UJS plugin for Rails is no longer actively maintained but you can find the <a href="http://github.com/lukeredpath/ujs4rails">the source on github</a>.</div> + What if...you could produce accessible, unobtrusive javascript, using Rails built-in javascript/prototype helpers, with just one extra line of code in your layout, a plugin, and one small enhancement to the helpers? Something like this: <% form_remote_tag :controller => 'foo', :action => 'bar', :unobtrusive => true %> 005-unobtrusive-javascript-in-railswhat-if.markdown @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ ---- -:format: :markdown -:title: Update to Unobtrusive Javascript Plugin -:published_on: Wed Jun 07 14:33:00 UTC 2006 ---- +--- +:format: :markdown +:title: Update to Unobtrusive Javascript Plugin +:published_on: Wed Jun 07 14:33:00 UTC 2006 +--- +<div class="notice">Update 15 Feb 2009: The UJS plugin for Rails is no longer actively maintained but you can find the <a href="http://github.com/lukeredpath/ujs4rails">the source on github</a>.</div> + Some small changes and one major bug fix have been checked into Subversion today: * The controller action that serves up event-selector.js, eliminating the need to manually copy it to your public/javascripts folder, was looking for the js file in the wrong place, stopping the whole plugin from working. If you've already discovered this, **please run an update**. 006-update-to-unobtrusive-javascript-plugin.markdown @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ ---- -:format: :markdown -:title: "Release: Unobtrusive Javascript For Rails 0.2" -:published_on: Tue Aug 01 03:17:00 UTC 2006 ---- +--- +:format: :markdown +:title: "Release: Unobtrusive Javascript For Rails 0.2" +:published_on: Tue Aug 01 03:17:00 UTC 2006 +--- +<div class="notice">Update 15 Feb 2009: The UJS plugin for Rails is no longer actively maintained but you can find the <a href="http://github.com/lukeredpath/ujs4rails">the source on github</a>.</div> + [Dan Webb](http://www.vivabit.com/bollocks) and I are happy to announce the latest release of the Unobtrusive Javascript plugin for Rails. This release packs in lots of cool new features, a few changes to old ones and some performance enhancements. **Update 21/08/2006**: The latest version of this plugin is 0.3 - please see [this post](http://www.lukeredpath.co.uk/2006/8/21/ujs-rails-plugin-0-3-new-name-new-website) and the [official UJS website](http://www.ujs4rails.com) for more information. 013-release-unobtrusive-javascript-for-rails-02.markdown @@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ :title: Unobtrusive Javascript broken in Edge Rails, small fix release :published_on: Thu Aug 10 12:26:00 UTC 2006 --- +<div class="notice">Update 15 Feb 2009: The UJS plugin for Rails is no longer actively maintained but you can find the <a href="http://github.com/lukeredpath/ujs4rails">the source on github</a>.</div> + We're currently using Edge Rails and the Unobtrusive Javascript for Rails plugin in the forthcoming [Rails Plugin Repository](http://svn.lazyatom.com/public/plugin_repository/trunk/) and after a Subversion update today, something seems to have broken the Unobtrusive Javascript plugin. -I'm not sure what caused the breakage but the problem was a minor one; after some investigation it turned out that the unobtrusive javascript controller was not being automatically being required by Rails even though its parent folder had been added to the Rails load path. The fix was as simple as explicitly requiring the controller file and everything is now fine. <del>[Release 0.2.1](http://opensource.agileevolved.com/svn/root/rails_plugins/unobtrusive_javascript/tags/rel-0.2.1/)</del> addresses this issue and also adds an about.yml file containing plugin meta-data. - -**Update**: <ins>[Please grab Release 0.2.2 instead](/index.php/2006/08/10/unobtrusive-js-022-the-two-in-one-day-release/).</ins> - +I'm not sure what caused the breakage but the problem was a minor one; after some investigation it turned out that the unobtrusive javascript controller was not being automatically being required by Rails even though its parent folder had been added to the Rails load path. The fix was as simple as explicitly requiring the controller file and everything is now fine. <del>[Release 0.2.1](http://opensource.agileevolved.com/svn/root/rails_plugins/unobtrusive_javascript/tags/rel-0.2.1/)</del> addresses this issue and also adds an about.yml file containing plugin meta-data. + +**Update**: <ins>[Please grab Release 0.2.2 instead](/index.php/2006/08/10/unobtrusive-js-022-the-two-in-one-day-release/).</ins> + If you are running on Edge Rails you will need to upgrade to this release. The plugin (version 0.2) continues to work just fine if you are running the new [Rails 1.1.5 security fix](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/9/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits) so whatever caused this breakage doesn't appear to be related to the security fix. \ No newline at end of file 015-unobtrusive-javascript-broken-in-edge-rails-small-fix-release.markdown @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ ---- -:format: :textile -:title: Unobtrusive JS 0.2.2 - "the two in one day!" release -:published_on: Thu Aug 10 17:55:00 UTC 2006 ---- +--- +:format: :textile +:title: Unobtrusive JS 0.2.2 - "the two in one day!" release +:published_on: Thu Aug 10 17:55:00 UTC 2006 +--- +<div class="notice">Update 15 Feb 2009: The UJS plugin for Rails is no longer actively maintained but you can find the <a href="http://github.com/lukeredpath/ujs4rails">the source on github</a>.</div> + I'm sure many people are aware of the risks in running pre-1.0 software/plugins and that there are likely to be many bugs discovered until that 1.0 release finally hits (and beyond). Unfortunately, it takes really working with a Rails plugin to find problems and I have been doing so today. I encountered a strange error where the plugin was generating IDs for elements that shouldn't have any javascript events attached. 016-unobtrusive-js-022-the-two-in-one-day-release.textile @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ ---- -:format: :textile -:title: "UJS Rails Plugin 0.3: new name, new website" -:published_on: Mon Aug 21 13:05:00 UTC 2006 ---- +--- +:format: :textile +:title: "UJS Rails Plugin 0.3: new name, new website" +:published_on: Mon Aug 21 13:05:00 UTC 2006 +--- +<div class="notice">Update 15 Feb 2009: The UJS plugin for Rails is no longer actively maintained but you can find the <a href="http://github.com/lukeredpath/ujs4rails">the source on github</a>.</div> + "Dan":http://www.danweb.net and I are please to announce the biggest release of the Unobtrusive Javascript for Rails plugin - now simply known as UJS. This is a big release in many ways - we've got some important bug fixes in here, some great new helper functionality and most importantly: caching. The other big news is that the UJS plugin now has its "very own website":http://www.ujs4rails.com/2006/8/17/welcome-to-the-new-ujs-rails-plugin-website. The website is the place to go for news, information, release announcements (although I will still announce releases on this blog) and tips and tricks - everything you need to get started with the UJS plugin. 019-ujs-rails-plugin-0-3-new-name-new-website.textile @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ ---- -:format: :textile -:title: UJS @ RailsConf Europe 2006 -:published_on: Fri Sep 15 13:35:00 UTC 2006 ---- +--- +:format: :textile +:title: UJS @ RailsConf Europe 2006 +:published_on: Fri Sep 15 13:35:00 UTC 2006 +--- +<div class="notice">Update 15 Feb 2009: The UJS plugin for Rails is no longer actively maintained but you can find the <a href="http://github.com/lukeredpath/ujs4rails">the source on github</a>.</div> + There has been a tremendous amount of interest at RailsConf Europe in the "UJS Rails Plugin":http://www.ujs4rails.com. "Dan":http://www.danwebb.net gave his talk on Thursday morning and it was a struggle to get in; it was completely oversubscribed (I had to use the old 'but I'm the co-author!' line just to get in). It was great to see the interest it had generated. The talk proved so popular that a second presentation was scheduled on the Friday in the main congress hall which again proved really popular; we managed to fill up most of the room despite it being lunch - not a bad achievement. Dan gave a great presentation that went into the full details of the whys and wheres of unobtrusive scripting before giving a run down of the core UJS features, wrapping up with a small case study: building an AJAX-powered shopping cart using UJS. He showed how to build the shopping cart so it works in a traditional manner without JavaScript and then he used UJS to layer the additional behaviour on top of that. 026-ujs-railsconf-europe-2006.textile 398f148a49ee0f573894beadc723a05343977239 Luke Redpath contact@lukeredpath.co.uk http://github.com/lukeredpath/blogdata/commit/c9bd1d15afedf660ebe989006da48d5b1702d2bb c9bd1d15afedf660ebe989006da48d5b1702d2bb 2009-02-15T06:51:45-08:00 2009-02-15T06:51:45-08:00 Added notes about UJS moving to github to relevant articles d3a629a2cfd4016eb6b17fad48b2f82e96d2a3f3 Luke Redpath contact@lukeredpath.co.uk