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This plugin combines the basic idea of the Javascript Auto Include Plugin with the power of js.erb templates which are built in to Rails.

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= js.erb auto include plugin

Doing unobtrusive Javascript in Rails is quite hard. There are several approaches that can be taken but most of them result in the fact that no erb code can be executed in the Javascript.

This plugin combines the basic idea of the Javascript Auto Include Plugin of the guys at media72 ( http://blog.media72.net/2008/05/13/javascript-auto-include-rails-plugin/) with the power of js.erb templates which are built in to Rails. It also requires much less overhead in the code than other techniques.


== Usage

In your ApplicationController:

  class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
    activate_js_erb_auto_include
  end


Then add a format.js hook in the respond_to block of your other controllers where you want to activate auto loading of Javascript files:
  
  class EntriesController < ApplicationController
      
    def index
      ...
      respond_to do |format|
        format.html
        format.js
      end
    end
  end
	

In your layout (or where you want the Javascript script tags to be):

  <html> 
    <head>

      <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
      <%= js_erb_auto_include_tag %>
      ...


Now create the Javascript files that should be automatically loaded. For example if you want to load Javascript for yourapp.com/entries/index, you should create the file app/views/entries/index.js.erb (which corresponds to the standard Rails naming conventions).


That's all there's to it.