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Polling for Changes

Railscasts - 2010-08-30 - free

If you have frequently changing data on the server side, it's helpful to automatically display this to the user as well. Here I show how to accomplish this with polling in jQuery. Watch this screencast


Unobtrusive Javascript

Railscasts - 2010-03-15 - free

Keep JavaScript out of your HTML content with unobtrusive JavaScript. Here I show how Rails 3 works with this best practice. Watch this screencast


AJAX History and Bookmarks

Railscasts - 2009-08-17 - free

Browser page history and bookmarks do not usually work with AJAX requests, but in this episode I show you how to remedy this problem using a simple jQuery plugin. Watch this screencast


Pagination with AJAX

Railscasts - 2009-08-10 - free

Learn an easy, unobtrusive way to add AJAX functionality to an existing set of pagination links using jQuery. Watch this screencast


Dynamic Page Caching

Railscasts - 2009-07-06 - free

Use JavaScript to allow dynamic content in a page cache. In this episode I show you how to insert the user-specific content into a page through JavaScript. Watch this screencast


Sortable Lists

Railscasts - 2009-02-02 - free

Creating drag & drop sortable lists is fairly easy using Prototype and the built in helper methods. See how in this episode. Watch this screencast


jQuery

Railscasts - 2008-11-17 - free

How do you use jQuery with Rails? In this episode I redo episode #43 using jQuery instead of Prototype/RJS. Watch this screencast


Endless Page

Railscasts - 2008-06-16 - free

Ever wondered how some sites seem to have endless scrolling page with no pagination? Find out how easy it is to do this in Rails in this episode. Watch this screencast


Site Wide Announcements

Railscasts - 2008-04-28 - free

Sometimes you need to display an administrative announcement to every page on the site and give the users the ability to hide the announcement. See how in this episode. Watch this screencast


Auto-Complete Association

Railscasts - 2008-04-21 - free

Usually a select menu is used for setting a belongs_to association, but in this episode I will show you how to use a text field with auto completion. Watch this screencast