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oxanaox
16,295 PointsI'm writing my own web app with Ruby on Rails. Should I use JavaScript or Ruby code?
I'm still a beginner writing my own app using Ruby on rails. My idea is to display similar things to the chosen subject. I made pages of products. Now I want to display similar products to it. Should I use JavaScript or Ruby code? What are the pros and cons?
3 Answers
Brandon Barrette
20,485 PointsRemember that JavaScript is run on the client side (in the browser) and ruby is run on the server.
If you just want to display similar products on the page when a product is already loaded, then you should use ruby and render those similar products when the page loads.
If instead you want a clickable button that pops open a modal to tell the user what similar products exist, then you would use JavaScript and an AJAX call to the server to retrieve those products.
Hope that helps.
oxanaox
16,295 PointsThanks, Brandon! That is very helpful. I want to display similar products when a product is already loaded, so I will use ruby then.
Brandon Barrette
20,485 PointsI challenge you to try to do both =)
jason blesing
256 PointsYou know that you can use javascript in your rails app using <%=javascript_include_tag()%> and referring to app/assets/javascript .