Getting Dojo to Work with Ruby on Rails 4 - ruby-on-rails

I'm porting my symfony app to Ruby on Rails 4.2.0. My setup works fine in symfony. There is this old post on how to use dojo with RoR, but it uses deprecated code.
In my application.html.erb I have
<script>dojoConfig = {async: true}</script>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.10.3/dojo/dojo.js'%>
I replaced the symfony wrappers with Rails ones. I also changed the dojo version. I was using 1.9.1. Rails generates this html:
<script>
dojoConfig = {async: true}
</script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.10.3/dojo/dojo.js">
The last line is followed by a bunch of compressed javascript and the close script tag in Firebug.
I didn't make any changes in my home/index.html.erb where I'm testing this code. In app/assets/javaascipts/home.js, I have:
//require(["dojo/dom", "dojo/ready", "dijit/Tooltip"], function(dom, ready, Tooltip)
define(["dojo/dom", "dojo/ready", "dijit/Tooltip"], function(dom, ready, Tooltip)
{
ready(function()
{
var head = "<div class='footnote-text'>";
var tail = "</div>";
var fnt1 = head + dom.byId("fnb1").innerHTML + tail;
var fnt2 = head + dom.byId("fnb2").innerHTML + tail;
var fnt4 = head + dom.byId("fnb4").innerHTML + tail;
new Tooltip({ connectId: ["footnote1"],position:["after","above","below"],label: fnt1 });
new Tooltip({ connectId: ["footnote2"],position:["after","above","below"],label: fnt2 });
new Tooltip({ connectId: ["footnote4"],position:["after","above","below"],label: fnt4 });
new Tooltip({ connectId: ["footnote5"],position:["after","above","below"],label: fnt4 });
});
});
//require(["dojo/dom", "dojo/ready", "dijit/Dialog"], function(dom, ready, Dialog){
define(["dojo/dom", "dojo/ready", "dijit/Dialog"], function(dom, ready, Dialog){
ready(function(){
var fnt3 = dom.byId("fnb3").innerHTML;
myDialog = new Dialog({
title: "Contact Me",
content: fnt3,
style: "width: 300px"
});
});
});
The commented out require lines are what I use in my symfony app. As you can see, I replaced them with define as described on the dojo site. When I run it, I get the following error on the Firebug console:
ReferenceError: define is not defined
...define(["dojo/dom", "dojo/ready", "dijit/Tooltip"], function(dom, ready, Tooltip
If I used require instead of define, I get require is not defined.
Update
I tried installing dojo into the app and made some progress. I copied the download from dojo to vendor/assets/javascript/dojo. The dojo directory contains the subdirectories dojo, dojox, and digit
I then added
//= require dojo/dojo/dojo.js
to app/assets/javascript/application.js. I also changed the define back to require in the home.js file. When I reloaded the page, I got an error complaining that it couldn't find Tooltip. I then added:
//= require dojo/dijit/Tooltip.js
On reload it complained about a bunch of other missing js files. This is the same problem I had using symfony, which is why I went to the google image. How can I get to rails to search for the files in the vendor directories? This is one of the errors:
"NetworkError: 404 Not Found - http://amcolan.loc/dijit/_base/manager.js"
Update 2
Since require_tree worked for app assets, I thought it might work to vendor as well. I added
//= require_tree ../../../vendor/assets/javascripts/dojo
to my application.js file. When I reloaded the page, it took about a minute. My guess is that it's loading everything in the dojo directory tree, which is not surprising. The page load completed without any errors. When I hovered over a tooltip item (the purpose of the code is to show tooltips), Firebug cranked out about two thousand errors and quit. All the errors appear to be "ReferenceError: define is not defined"
Update 3
I went back to using the googleapi. My application.html.erb header looks like this
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title><%= content_for?(:title) ? yield(:title) : "American Colonial Ancestors" %></title>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
<script>dojoConfig = {async: true}</script>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.10.3/dojo/dojo.js'%>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
</head>
I reversed the order of the javascript includes. The page reloaded without errors. The tooltip doesn't work, but it doesn't generate any errors when I hover over an item. I put a bad statement in the home.js code and it came up on the console so I know the code is being parsed. I may just have a bug in my page setup.

There may be more than one way to get Dojo toolkit to work with Ruby on Rails. This is the easiest if not the most efficient way. This works in Rails 4.2.0. I would imagine it would work in other versions as well.
In views/layouts/application.html.erb add the following prior to the inclusion of the site scripts:
<script>dojoConfig = {async: true}</script>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.10.3/dojo/dojo.js'%>
Change the version to the latest or to which ever one you want to use. Here I'm using version 1.10.3. The dojo site says there are other CDN's (Content Delivery Network) for the source code. I'm using google as it was in their example. Here are the pertinent parts of my head section:
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.10.3/dijit/themes/claro/claro.css" %>
<script>dojoConfig = {async: true}</script>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.10.3/dojo/dojo.js'%>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
<%= content_for :page_script %>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
</head>
If you are going to use any of the toolkit's dialog boxes, tooltips, etc, you will need to include a stytlesheet by adding something like this:
<%= stylesheet_link_tag "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.10.3/dijit/themes/claro/claro.css" %>
Change the version and the theme to your own requirements. Here I'm using the claro theme. You can see it in my head section above. I don't think placement is critical. You also need to declare your theme class in the body statement. Here's mine:
<body class="claro">
An older post on the subject had different javascript formatting. I don't think anything special is needed. Here's an example of a working script:
require(["dojo/dom", "dojo/ready", "dijit/Tooltip"], function(dom, ready, Tooltip)
{
ready(function()
{
var head = "<div class='footnote-text'>";
var tail = "</div>";
var fnt1 = head + dom.byId("fnb1").innerHTML + tail;
var fnt2 = head + dom.byId("fnb2").innerHTML + tail;
new Tooltip({connectId: ["footnote1"], position:["after","above","below"], label: fnt1 });
new Tooltip({connectId: ["footnote2"], position:["after","above","below"], label: fnt2 });
});
});
As mentioned in my question, I tried placing the Dojo Toolkit source in vendor/assets/javascript. Starting with with version 1.7, dojo started using Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD). It may be the case that the AMD loader is incompatible with the Rails pre-compile feature. I don't know enough about it to say for sure.

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Excel Add In - Javascript only working after reload

I am developing an Excel Add-In using the Office-JS Library.
When some pages are loaded, the JS is not loaded properly.
The Javascript only works after reloading the page.
I disabled turbolink as suggested in another question.
But my problem still appears.
My office_connect.js contains the following:
//= require jquery3
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require_self
//= require select2-full
//= require select2_locale_de
And the head of my layout file:
<%= yield :head_top %>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" />
<%= stylesheet_link_tag "office_connect"%>
<%= javascript_include_tag "office_connect_app"%>
<script src="https://appsforoffice.microsoft.com/lib/1/hosted/office.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<%= javascript_include_tag "oc_function"%>
<%= javascript_include_tag "office_excel"%>
<title><%=t('layouts.head.text_immodatacockpit')%></title>
<%= csrf_meta_tag %>
<%= yield :head %>
The oc_function file starts Office JS:
// The initialize function must be run each time a new page is loaded.
(function () {
Office.initialize = function (reason) {
// If you need to initialize something you can do so here.
};
})();
A shortened version of my excel.js:
(function () {
"use strict";
var cellToHighlight;
var messageBanner;
var config;
var sheetData;
let housing_output_template_new;
let housing_output_template_edit;
// The initialize function must be run each time a new page is loaded.
Office.initialize = function (reason) {
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".spinner").hide();
// If not using Excel 2016, use fallback logic.
if (!Office.context.requirements.isSetSupported('ExcelApi', '1.1')) {
$('#subtitle').text("Opps!");
$("#template-description").text("Sorry, this sample requires Word 2016 or later. The button will not open a dialog.");
$('#button-text').text("Button");
$('#button-desc').text("Button that opens dialog only on Word 2016 or later.");
return;
}
$("#select1").select2({placeholder: 'Please choose' , language:'<%= I18n.locale %>',dropdownAutoWidth:true});
$(".select4").select2({placeholder: 'Please choose' , language:'<%= I18n.locale %>',dropdownAutoWidth:true});
});
}
})();
I think it has something to do with the order I load the JS libraries.
Could you point me in the direction of what I am missing?
It looks like you are assigning Office.initialize in two places. If these calls are on two different pages, then that's OK. But you shouldn't be doing this twice on the same page.

Capybara RSpec with CSS and JS?

rails (5.1.4)
rspec-rails (3.7.2)
capybara (2.16.1)
I'm trying to create a RSpec Rails 3.7 System spec as in https://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails/v/3-7/docs/system-specs/system-spec .
Here my simple spec:
require 'rails_helper'
RSpec.describe "testing system", type: :system do
it "tests the spec" do
visit root_path
click_link 'Home'
save_and_open_page
end
The problem is that Capybara does render neither CSS content nor JS content after save_and_open_page call (in the browser) - just a plain HTML. The header inside this HTML-file contains some links
<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/assets/application-ea5a1efcc44a908543519edabe00e74132151ebedeef3c1601921690d9162b5e.css" data-turbolinks-track="reload" />
<script src="/assets/application-ff63e43aef379fef744a00f21a8aadf96dc2ae8e612f8e7974b231f946569691.js" data-turbolinks-track="reload"></script>
but they reference some empty files.
Is there some way to fix it?
I tried some recipes, but still no luck. I tried to precompile the assets, to move "capybara.html" into the "public" folder, but no effect.
Modifying stylesheet_link_tag is not a good solution, a much better solution is to specify Capybara.asset_host which will add a <base> tag to any saved pages. Generally this would be set to something like
Capybara.asset_host = "http://localhost:3000/"
which would then load the JS/CSS assets from your dev server which would have access to the test mode compiled assets in the public subdirectory. Note: that none of this means the page will actually be functional since JS requests will still fail, DB records won't exist anymore, etc. Also, since it saves element attributes (not properties) a checkbox you just checked will probably not be checked in the saved page. However it will give you a generally styled page you can inspect the structure of. If all you're looking for is a current image of the page you should be using the save_screenshot/save_and_open_screenshot functionality provided by most of Capybaras drivers instead.
It has to do something with your assets.
Clear cache and run rake assets:clobber and rake assets:precompile
Still no luck, then check if Capybara is configured correctly.
Check app/views/layouts/application.html.erb has the correct Rails tags for stylesheets and javascripts. Something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>My App</title>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all' %>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'application' %>
On the command line, run:
rake assets:clobber
rake assets:precompile
Ensure that public/assets/ include:
.sprockets-manifest-<xyz>.json
application-<abc>.js
application-<def>.css
Open the .sprockets-manifest... file and you should see that there are application js and css files with filenames that match the actual public/assets/ files. This .sprockets-manifest file controls what actually gets included in the HTML head links and scripts when the Rails tags are replaced.
If this is still not working, ensure that the files are accessible by your user running the test (including the manifest). Occasionally lose the .sprockets-manifest file when copying files and in source control as it can appear to be hidden.
Finally, check your file log/test.log to see if there are any obvious errors being thrown during the tests.
I found a solution. Perhaps it's not the best one, but it works with me. If anybody find a better approach - let me know, please.
Run rake assets:precompile. I didn't even set RAILS_ENV=test.
Modify the stylesheet_link_tag method:
def stylesheet_link_tag2(*sources)
options = sources.extract_options!.stringify_keys
path_options = options.extract!('protocol').symbolize_keys
sources.uniq.map { |source|
tag_options = {
"rel" => "stylesheet",
"media" => "screen",
"href" => path_to_stylesheet(source, path_options)[1..-1]
}.merge!(options)
tag(:link, tag_options)
}.join("\n").html_safe
end
The idea is to turn the rendered link from this:
<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/assets/application-ea5a1efcc44a908543519edabe00e74132151ebedeef3c1601921690d9162b5e.css" data-turbolinks-track="reload" />
to this:
<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="assets/application-ea5a1efcc44a908543519edabe00e74132151ebedeef3c1601921690d9162b5e.css" data-turbolinks-track="reload" />
eliminating the leading slash in the href attribute value (since we don't have a server running but just a saved HTML-page).
Replace the code inside the header in \app\views\layouts\application.html.erb to:
<% if Rails.env.test? %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag2 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<% else %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<% end %>
Write a spec like this:
require 'rails_helper'
RSpec.describe "testing system", type: :system do
it "tests..." do
visit root_path
click_link 'Home'
save_and_open_page Rails.root.join( 'public', 'capybara.html' )
end
end
Add to .gitignore:
/public/capybara.html
Do the same thing with the JS-content.
UPDATE:
If you don't like modifying \app\views\layouts\application.html.erb you can do some monkey patching:
include ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper
alias_method :old_stylesheet_link_tag, :stylesheet_link_tag
def stylesheet_link_tag2(*sources)
options = sources.extract_options!.stringify_keys
path_options = options.extract!('protocol').symbolize_keys
sources.uniq.map { |source|
tag_options = {
"rel" => "stylesheet",
"media" => "screen",
"href" => path_to_stylesheet(source, path_options)[1..-1]
}.merge!(options)
tag(:link, tag_options)
}.join("\n").html_safe
end
def stylesheet_link_tag(*sources)
if Rails.env.test?
stylesheet_link_tag2(*sources)
else
old_stylesheet_link_tag(*sources)
end
end
I usually put such code into app\helpers\application_helper.rb and add include ApplicationHelper into app\controllers\application_controller.rb
UPDATE 2
Setting Capybara.asset_host = "http://localhost:3000/" as #Thomas Walpole advised doesn't work. That's right - how can it work if http://localhost:3000/ is unavailable (AFTER the spec ran)? Of course - when I call save_and_open_page the HTML-file opens with a file://.... address - with no HTTP-server serving it. The attempts to set
Capybara.asset_host = "file://#{Rails.root}/public"
failed - looks like the base HTML-tag supports only http-adresses - not file://... ones. I checked it in Chrome and Firefox.
So my next code proposal is such:
include ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper
alias_method :old_stylesheet_link_tag, :stylesheet_link_tag
def stylesheet_link_tag2(*sources)
options = sources.extract_options!.stringify_keys
path_options = options.extract!('protocol').symbolize_keys
sources.uniq.map { |source|
tag_options = {
"rel" => "stylesheet",
"media" => "screen",
"href" => "file://#{Rails.root}/public" + path_to_stylesheet(source, path_options)
}.merge!(options)
tag(:link, tag_options)
}.join("\n").html_safe
end
def stylesheet_link_tag(*sources)
if Rails.env.test?
stylesheet_link_tag2(*sources)
else
old_stylesheet_link_tag(*sources)
end
end
This eliminates the need to call
save_and_open_page Rails.root.join( 'public', 'capybara.html' )
instead you can simply call
save_and_open_page

Angular ui-router templates are not loading, Rails backend

I'm following along with the Angular/Rails tutorial at Thinkster and I've run into an issue which seems to be most likely be Angular-related. Everything works just fine until I get to the Angular Routing section. Simply put, the inline templates within the <script> tags do not load in the <ui-view></ui-view> element. I originally thought this may be due to having opened the page locally as a file rather than having it loaded from a server, but the same problem persists even after integrating Rails (using an older version of Sprockets, as pointed out in this similar but unrelated issue).
When I load the index page in either the browser as a file or as a URL when running the Rails server, I've inspected the HTML and, sure enough, the only thing it shows in the code are the divs and an empty <ui-view> element, indicating something just isn't adding up correctly. I've tried various things, including:
Using the newest version of ui-router (0.2.15 at this writing) rather than the version in the tutorial
Using <div ui-view></div> instead of <ui-view></ui-view>
Changing the value of 'url' in the home state to 'index.html', including using the full path to the file (file:///...)
Putting the contents of the inline <script> templates into their own files (without the <script> tags, of course) and specifying the 'templateUrl' field using both relative and full paths
Trying both Chrome and Firefox just to be extra certain
None of these things have worked, even when accessing http://localhost:3000/#/home when the Rails server is running after having integrated Angular into the asset pipeline in the Integrating the Front-end with the Asset Pipeline section of the tutorial. Indeed, the route loads but does not show anything more than a completely blank page with a lonesome and empty <ui-view> element when inspecting the HTML using Chrome's dev tools.
Given that the issue seems to occur even before the Rails portion, it does seem like something to do with Angular itself, but I've got no clue what's going on, especially since I've followed along to the letter.
I'm using Bower to manage the Angular dependencies and the HTML does show that the Angular javascript files in both the app/assets/javascripts directory and in the vendor/assets/bower_components directory are being loaded properly in the <head> section, so everything seems to be okay on the asset pipeline integration.
Versios I'm using:
Rails: 4.2.3
Ruby: 2.2.1p85
Angular: 1.4.3
ui-router: 0.2.15
The code I've got for the major moving parts is below:
app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Test App</title>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all' %>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'application' %>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
</head>
<body ng-app="testApp">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
<ui-view></ui-view>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
app/assets/javascripts/app.js
angular.module('testApp', ['ui.router', 'templates']).config(['$stateProvider', '$urlRouteProvider', function($stateProvider, $urlRouteProvider) {
$stateProvider
.state('home', {
'url': '/home',
'templateUrl': 'home/_home.html',
'controller': 'MainCtrl'
})
.state('posts', {
'url': '/posts/{id}',
'templateUrl': 'posts/_posts.html',
'controller': 'PostsCtrl'
});
$urlRouteProvider.otherwise('home');
}]);
app/assets/javascripts/application.js
//= require angular
//= require angular-rails-templates
//= require angular-ui-router
//= require_tree .
app/controllers/application_controller.rb
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
protect_from_forgery with: :exception
respond_to :json
def angular
render 'layouts/application'
end
end
config/routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
root to: 'application#angular'
end
app/assets/javascripts/home/mainCtrl.js
angular.module('testApp').controller('MainCtrl', ['$scope', 'posts', function($scope, posts) {
$scope.posts = posts.posts;
$scope.addPost = function() {
if (!$scope.title || $scope.title === "")
return;
$scope.posts.push({
'title': $scope.title,
'link': $scope.link,
'upvotes': 0,
'comments': [
{'author': 'Some Person', 'body': 'This is a comment.', 'upvotes': 0},
{'author': 'Another Person', 'body': 'This is also a comment.', 'upvotes': 0}
]
});
$scope.title = "";
$scope.link = "";
};
$scope.incrementUpvotes = function(post) {
post.upvotes++;
};
}]);
app/assets/javascripts/posts/postsCtrl.js
angular.module('testApp').controller('PostsCtrl', ['$scope', '$stateParams', 'posts', function($scope, $stateParams, posts) {
$scope.post = posts.posts[$stateParams.id];
$scope.addComment = function() {
if($scope.body === '')
return;
$scope.post.comments.push({
'body': $scope.body,
'author': 'user',
'upvotes': 0
});
$scope.body = '';
};
}]);
app/assets/javascripts/posts/posts.js
angular.module('testApp').factory('posts', ['$http', function($http) {
var o = {
'posts': []
};
o.getAll = function() {
return $http.get('/posts.json').success(function(data) {
angular.copy(data, o.posts);
});
};
return o;
}]);
If any other code is required to help uncover the problem, please let me know and I'll supply anything requested.
it seems that the angular-ui-router is incompatible with the new Rails sprockets. To fix this, add this earlier version of sprockets to your gemfile:
gem 'sprockets', '2.12.3'
And then run bundle update sprockets.
This was answered a few times in other similar questions, like the one below:
Angular Rails Templates just not working
$urlRouteProvider in my code should've been $urlRouterProvider. Be sure to double-check everything, folks, and make good use of the console!

Rails 3.2.1 simple JQuery ajax example doesn't work

I'm just trying to learn a bit of jQuery with Rails at the moment. I'm following the example here:
Ideas on simple 'Hello World' Rails-Ajax Example?
My view looks like this:
/views/main/ajax_msg.erb
<div id="div_msg">
<%= link_to "Wow",
{:controller=>"main" , :action=>'ajax_msg' , :id=>'1'},
:remote => true,
:class => 'link1',
:update => "div_hello",
:id => 'link1'
%>
</div>
<div id="div_hello">
</div>
My controller looks like this:
/controllers/main_controller.rb
def ajax_msg
#msg1 = "Buenos Dias!"
respond_to do|format|
format.html
format.js
format.json
end
end
My javascript file looks like this:
/views/main/ajax_msg.js
jQuery('#div_hello').html("<%= #msg1 %>");
My /views/layouts/application.html.erb begins like this...
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>SomeApp</title>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", :media => "all" %>
<%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
</head>
My application.js contains...
//= require jquery
//= require jquery-ui
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require_tree .
My console log shows me this:
Started GET "/main/ajax_msg?id=1" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-07-09 21:44:57 +0100
Processing by MainController#ajax_msg as JS
Parameters: {"id"=>"1"}
Rendered main/ajax_msg.js within layouts/application (1.0ms)
Completed 200 OK in 19ms (Views: 19.0ms | ActiveRecord: 0.0ms)
I have tried many different combos by looking at other people's problems on related issues but nothing seems to work. I have tried the following:
- using $ instead of jQuery in the javascript file
- putting the javascript in application.js
- switching the order between stylesheet_link_tag and javascript_include_tag
Am I missing something quite basic here?
Thanks.
Try renaming /views/main/ajax_msg.js to /views/main/ajax_msg.js.erb so that file can handle embedded Ruby?
For debugging and to make sure it's rendering embedded ruby you can just try doing any other string in there:
jQuery('#div_hello').html("<%= puts 'blah' %>");
I think that is the problem.
1) File should be called js.erb, because, obvioulsy, if you are using Ruby variable inside, it should be extended ruby
2) From Jquery API:
Get the HTML contents of the first element in the set of matched elements or set the HTML contents of every matched element.
That means, that string should be wrapped with tags, if you are trying to set page element.
Try:
$('#div_hello').text("<%= #msg1 %>")
Also, if this doesn't work, try to escape javascript:
$('#div_hello').text("<%= j #msg1 %>")

Using jquery-ui-rails datepicker in an Ruby on Rails website. datepicker method not defined

I got this problem writing the website with Ruby on Rails.
bundle show
* jquery-ui-rails (4.0.1)
In app/assets/javascripts/application.js
//= require jquery.ui.datepicker
In app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
*= require jquery.ui.datepicker
In app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
<%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", :media => "all" %>
<%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>
And then in somepage.html.erb, I got
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
$("#startdate").datepicker();
$("#enddate").datepicker();
});
</script>
When running it, Chrome says that
Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'datepicker'
I suppose that resource not being referred properly is the cause because the problem could be fixed by adding the follows into app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css" />
These could be found at http://jqueryui.com/datepicker/. I saw demos having working datepickers without these codes. But I do not understand why it is not working in mine. Anyone got any suggestions? like something to add other than those I mentioned above?
It probably because of either of the following:
1) You are including multiple javascript files in your application.html.erb which is leading to havoc when put altogether.
2) You are using some other javascript file that also using $ just like jquery is using.
Having two same symbols is the possible cause of getting no method 'datepicker' for the jquery.
The alternative is to replace all the occurences of $ with jQuery
OR
Just wrap your jquery code insode a block like the following:
jQuery(function($){
//all jQuery code which uses $ should be here.
});

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