Hello everyone, Do any of you know of a downloadable Rails app that demonstrates all the bundled AJAX-iness in an impressive form? I''m looking for two things: - something I can show off to wow people with Rails'' built-in AJAX power, then show them the code that does the work and wow them again with the simplicity. In short, something that will impress potential customers, as well as developers - something I can use as a tutorial, both for myself and to bring others up to speed. I can find plenty of AJAX and/or Rails info around, but nothing that ties together *all* the built-in Rails AJAX info in one place with relatively newbie-friendly documentation and in-use examples that are visually impressive Conceptually, I want to have this app sitting on my laptop, so when the opportunity comes up to be a Rails fanboy, I can fire it up and show it off. Also, if I need either a brain jogger or a reference for how some AJAX feature works, I can get it out of the same app in a reasonable amount of detail. I don''t particularly want a useful app, just one that shows off all the Rails/AJAX power in such a way that people will think "Hmm, it''d be really useful to have that capability in MY app...". If such an app doesn''t already exist, I can start to put something together, but I''m short of available time and my skills are in backend stuff rather than CSS/UI goodness. I''d strongly prefer to contribute to a project that already exists, rather than start one from scratch. Anyone, anyone? Thanks in advance Dave M.
These aren''t exactly downloadable, but source code is provided (you''ll have to put in a decent amount of work to get some of them running locally though): http://demo.script.aculo.us/ -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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2006-May-21 12:21 UTC
[Rails] Looking for a Rails AJAX gallery/tutorial
On May 20, 2006, at 7:46 PM, David Mitchell wrote:> Hello everyone, > > Do any of you know of a downloadable Rails app that demonstrates all > the bundled AJAX-iness in an impressive form? > > I''m looking for two things: > - something I can show off to wow people with Rails'' built-in AJAX > power, then show them the code that does the work and wow them again > with the simplicity. In short, something that will impress potential > customers, as well as developers > - something I can use as a tutorial, both for myself and to bring > others up to speed. I can find plenty of AJAX and/or Rails info > around, but nothing that ties together *all* the built-in Rails AJAX > info in one place with relatively newbie-friendly documentation and > in-use examples that are visually impressive > > Conceptually, I want to have this app sitting on my laptop, so when > the opportunity comes up to be a Rails fanboy, I can fire it up and > show it off. Also, if I need either a brain jogger or a reference for > how some AJAX feature works, I can get it out of the same app in a > reasonable amount of detail. > > I don''t particularly want a useful app, just one that shows off all > the Rails/AJAX power in such a way that people will think "Hmm, it''d > be really useful to have that capability in MY app...". > > If such an app doesn''t already exist, I can start to put something > together, but I''m short of available time and my skills are in backend > stuff rather than CSS/UI goodness. I''d strongly prefer to contribute > to a project that already exists, rather than start one from scratch.Take a look at the revised "depot" application from AWDR 2nd edition (PDF only right now). Dave Thomas rewrote a bunch of it to use AJAX in addition to some AJAX special effects (highlighting and whatnot). It doesn''t exercise *every* cool AJAX element but it''s probably a decent enough foundation for you to add a few more effects. Go to pragmaticprogrammer.com and look for it (it''ll cost you $20 or so for the PDF). cr
David Mitchell wrote:> Hello everyone, > > Do any of you know of a downloadable Rails app that demonstrates all > the bundled AJAX-iness in an impressive form? > > I''m looking for two things: > - something I can show off to wow people with Rails'' built-in AJAX > power, then show them the code that does the work and wow them again > with the simplicity. In short, something that will impress potential > customers, as well as developers > - something I can use as a tutorial, both for myself and to bring > others up to speed. I can find plenty of AJAX and/or Rails info > around, but nothing that ties together *all* the built-in Rails AJAX > info in one place with relatively newbie-friendly documentation and > in-use examples that are visually impressive > > Conceptually, I want to have this app sitting on my laptop, so when > the opportunity comes up to be a Rails fanboy, I can fire it up and > show it off. Also, if I need either a brain jogger or a reference for > how some AJAX feature works, I can get it out of the same app in a > reasonable amount of detail. > > I don''t particularly want a useful app, just one that shows off all > the Rails/AJAX power in such a way that people will think "Hmm, it''d > be really useful to have that capability in MY app...". > > If such an app doesn''t already exist, I can start to put something > together, but I''m short of available time and my skills are in backend > stuff rather than CSS/UI goodness. I''d strongly prefer to contribute > to a project that already exists, rather than start one from scratch. > > Anyone, anyone? > > Thanks in advance > > Dave M. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >I haven''t used it but there''s tableau: http://creativi.st/blog/articles/2006/02/27/tableau
> I haven''t used it but there''s tableau: > > http://creativi.st/blog/articles/2006/02/27/tableauI hacked a simple gallery from tableau. It is a great kick start to get your app going. ~ Ben On 5/21/06, Chris T <ctmailinglists@googlemail.com> wrote:> David Mitchell wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > Do any of you know of a downloadable Rails app that demonstrates all > > the bundled AJAX-iness in an impressive form? > > > > I''m looking for two things: > > - something I can show off to wow people with Rails'' built-in AJAX > > power, then show them the code that does the work and wow them again > > with the simplicity. In short, something that will impress potential > > customers, as well as developers > > - something I can use as a tutorial, both for myself and to bring > > others up to speed. I can find plenty of AJAX and/or Rails info > > around, but nothing that ties together *all* the built-in Rails AJAX > > info in one place with relatively newbie-friendly documentation and > > in-use examples that are visually impressive > > > > Conceptually, I want to have this app sitting on my laptop, so when > > the opportunity comes up to be a Rails fanboy, I can fire it up and > > show it off. Also, if I need either a brain jogger or a reference for > > how some AJAX feature works, I can get it out of the same app in a > > reasonable amount of detail. > > > > I don''t particularly want a useful app, just one that shows off all > > the Rails/AJAX power in such a way that people will think "Hmm, it''d > > be really useful to have that capability in MY app...". > > > > If such an app doesn''t already exist, I can start to put something > > together, but I''m short of available time and my skills are in backend > > stuff rather than CSS/UI goodness. I''d strongly prefer to contribute > > to a project that already exists, rather than start one from scratch. > > > > Anyone, anyone? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Dave M. > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > I haven''t used it but there''s tableau: > > http://creativi.st/blog/articles/2006/02/27/tableau > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Ben Reubenstein 303-947-0446 http://www.benr75.com
On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 10:46:47AM +1000, David Mitchell wrote:> Do any of you know of a downloadable Rails app that demonstrates all > the bundled AJAX-iness in an impressive form? > > I''m looking for two things: > - something I can show off to wow people with Rails'' built-in AJAX > power, then show them the code that does the work and wow them again > with the simplicity. In short, something that will impress potential > customers, as well as developersWell, the ajax_scaffold works well ... Gets the direct-from-database CRUD in one hit (model validations an extra, of course) and all the CRUD is ajax''d ... -jim