The new version adds file upload capability (YUI + YuiRails + attachment_fu) and fixes a few misc bugs. The file upload capability works with single as well as multiple file uploads (ajax). I will be posting on this in coming weeks. Let me know if there is interest and I will try to put it up sooner. The demo with the new js files is here and is otherwise unchanged.
I am using YUI with Rails at work to develop a complex web application using the treeview, panel, connection, and various other widgets. I used to miss being able to use link_to_remote and remote_form_for without having to include prototype.js (which at the latest version is about 124KB.
So over the Christmas break, I sat down and coded up YUIRails. The intent of this library is to provide a thin layer of logic that glues RJS - PrototypeHelper with YUI connection manager. In its present form, it provides partial support for RJS Prototypehelper, limited to Element methods and Ajax.Request and Ajax.Updater. No support is provided for Scriptaculous effects.
To use this library, simply drop it in public/javascripts. In its uncompressed form it is at 18K, but a minimized version is only 6K. If there is enough interest, I will look into making the code tighter.
Following are a few restrictions in the usage:
a) I have stayed away from extending Dom elements with Element.methods. As a result you can't call $('foo').hide(); Rather you will have to use Element.hide('foo');
b) Following Element methods are supported:
- visible
- toggle
- hide
- show
- remove
- update
- replace
As a demo, a simple rails application is included in the distribution. You will need to create a MYSQL database test_yuirails_development owned by yuirails/testing
create database test_yuirails_development;
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,ALTER,INDEX ON test_yuirails_development.* TO 'yuirails'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'testing';
and then
rake db:migrate
demo.tgz
yuirails.js - 18K
yuirails-min.js - 6.5K
I just setup the demo on a server. Check it out.
Enjoy.
