Category Archives: AJAX

Rendering a view after multiple async functions return (using promises)

Posted on April 2, 2013 by David Sulc

In the last post, we saw how to use jQuery’s promises to render a view once data had been returned from an asynchronous function. Let’s take the concept a little further and see how we could render the view only … Continue reading →

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Using jQuery promises to render Backbone views after fetching data

Posted on April 1, 2013 by David Sulc

So I’ve been working through Brian Mann’s Marionette screencasts at Backbonerails.com. They’re absolutely top notch material, and I can’t recommend them enough. So if you want to learn how to go about building large Backbone applications (even if the back … Continue reading →

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Posting forms with AJAX on checkbox toggle

Posted on November 6, 2011 by David Sulc

In a recent Rails 3.1 project, I wanted to have some values updated via AJAX when a checkbox value is checked or unchecked. As I was unable to find anything on the subject online, I figured I would document it … Continue reading →

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Consuming a public Rails API with jQuery

Posted on April 17, 2011 by David Sulc

A previous post explained how to implement a public API in Rails. Here, we will cover how this API can be consumed with a cross-domain request using jQuery. The idea We’ll create a simple html file containing <ul> elements with … Continue reading →

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