javascript without rjs

rubyonrails-talk
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I've been googling for ages, please help.

I don't want to use rjs and the view helpers for prototype, I just want to render javascript (jquery), and no I don't want to use jrails either as this just partially mimics those same helpers.

Can't I just render a some_action.js file?

Rails 2.0.2

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Can't I just render a some_action.js file?

Not entirely sure if that's what you mean (it's way past my bedtime :), but I use a JavascriptsController. This way, a request to '/javascripts/some_action.js' will be either satisfied by serving a static file from public/javascripts, or if no such file exists, by a controller method of that name from my JavaScriptsController, which renders a nice dynamic show_action.js.erb view.

Hope this helps, Jan

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I'm well rested now, but I am still not sure what you're trying to achieve. You are not bound to use any helpers at all; you are free to write JS directly into your views the usual way if that is what you prefer.

If you want to include an external script into a view, just put it into the public/javascripts folder of your application and include it either manually or through the javascript_include_tag helper.

The JavascriptsController only makes sense if you have the need to create JS dynamically, say, with ERb.

I'd be happy to provide examples, I just need to know which direction you're heading here.

Cheers, Jan

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Yes, I want to create raw (at least not using helpers) dynamically, so I could use e.g. jquery.