Rails 5 Turbolinks appears to reload page - ruby-on-rails

I am still new to Turbolinks and unsure whether it is working correctly. I have a new rails app that I've created with Turbolinks enabled by default. I am using the link_to rails helper to build some links. When I click on one of the links the page reloads in the browser. I was under the impression that this should not occur as only the body should be swapped using AJAX. Is there any additional attributes I need to add to my link or additional configuration I need to set up?

Make sure that you have the Turbolinks js loaded in the page. If you are using webpacker and removed the default application js that used the asset pipeline you will probably need to use Turbolinks from npm, import it and then call Turbolinks.start() in your entry file.

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gem install rails -v 4.1
rails new angular_example
Before using angular i'm recommended to remove turbolinks.
So why do i have to remove it and what's the purpose of turbolinks?
Because Angular and Turbolinks can conflict with one another,angular doesn't work correctly. So we disable turbolinks.
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I've noticed recently, probably since installing Rails 5 that the local_time gem doesn't work properly on pages where the link was internal (through turbolinks). If the link to the page was external or the browser refreshed, or turbolinks is disabled, local_time works properly.
Does anyone know how to use these together?
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document.addEventListener("turbolinks:load", function() {
LocalTime.run();
});

Rails needs page refresh to render correctly bootstrap markdown

I am developing an app using Ruby on Rails. In a specific view I have a textarea that uses Bootstrap Markdown.
The problem is that each time I visit that view, the textarea is rendered completely plain, without the Markdown functionality. Hitting F5 (refresh) renders the form correctly.
I tried to clear my browsers cache etc, but no luck. I always have to hit refresh to see the page correctly.
What may cause that?
Edit:
I am using this Markdown Plugin
I have also included the js files as stated in this question.
The turbolinks gem has been known to interfere with other javascript files and it's recommended that you remove it completely unless you really need it.
As Mohammad AbuShady said in his comment, you'll need to edit the part of the javascript files for your markdown that tells the page to start rendering. In your case this involves adding
$("#some-textarea").markdown({autofocus:false,savable:false})
inside page:load on the relevant pages.
In case you need turbolinks still, I found this very helpful: JQuery gets loaded only on page refresh in Rails 4 application
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Rails form not working after link_to

When I click on a link and move to a new page, my form doesn't submit.
It works normally if I refresh though. It also works normally after disabling Turbolinks.
How can I resolve this and keep using Turbolinks?
jquery.turobolinks gem sorted out a similar issue i was having. Just make sure you include it directly after jquery.
It just makes all your js bindings etc still work with turbolinks

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I'm trying to get pjax to work on a Rails app but none of the links are being annotated with pjax. I think pjax isn't really being loaded. I'm using pjax_rails and am basically following the railscast instructions but using //= require jquery.pjax instead of just pjax. I'm also using it with bootstrap which may cause an issue but I'm not sure. My other thought is that is that the pjax javascript isn't being loaded and I need to run something like $('a').pjax('[data-pjax-container]')
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