Submit button doesnt submit form but checks the validations! Coding is in ruby+js

Answer 1

It appears as if you are doing a, ruby on rails form with javascript validations. While you can do that, I would recommend starting with a basic MVC structure. I highly recommend running through a some basics that will orient you to this. http://guides.rails.info/ is a great place to start. I wish that it had been there when I got started, it would have saved me a great deal of pain :)

The you will want to move your validations into the model.

in app/models/question.rb

class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_presence_of :question
end

more baked in validation options here.

then you want to have a controller to respond to your create events. in app/controller/question_controller.rb:

class QuestionsController < ApplicationController
  def new
    @question = Question.new
  end

  def create
    @question = Question.new(params[:question])

    if @question.save
      flash[:confirm] = "You have asked a question"
      redirect_to questions_path
    else
      flash[:error] = @question.errors.full_messages.join(",")
      render :action => :new
    end
  end
end

And then your config/routes.rb

map.resources :questions

Your form should look similar to what you have:

<%= flash[:error] %>
<% form_for(@question) do |f| %>
  <%= f.text_field :content ...
<% end %>

the flash is crude, I haven't used it in a while. I use the message_block plugin. You can also read more about how the flash works here

There are plugins to shorten some of this, but I recommend cutting your teeth my doing some of this first. It helps you get oriented. Best of luck!