does Ruby on Rails have a way to use jQuery rather than Prototype under-the-bonnet for its ajax view helpers? (e.g. "link_to_remote")

Question

Hi ,

Does Ruby on Rails have a way to use jQuery rather than Prototype under-the-bonnet for its ajax view helpers? (e.g. "link_to_remote")

Answer 1

In Rails 2.x you might be interested in jRails: http://github.com/aaronchi/jrails

Answer 2

jRails works for Rails 2, overriding various functions to get the job done. However, Rails 3 allows you to entirely replace the Prototype driver with a jQuery driver of equal precedence.

If you haven't started the project yet, you may want to consider using Rails 3, as the solution is much more complete. That is, if other plugins you need are compatible - see RailsPlugins.org.