jQuery on Rails

Rails uses the Prototype library by default but many peopl, myself included, have been switching to the jQuery library. The library is smaller but more importantly it operates unobtrusively. A couple of plugins have already been written to help Rails developers transition from one library to the other.

Plugins to assist using jQuery on Rails:

• jq4r (also jq4r blog)
• jRails

Of course neither of these is necessary but they may help transition Prototype code called from Rails helpers to jQuery code. I’m working on simply using jQuery and ditching Rails helpers and rjs altogether.