merb-jquery
Makes it easy to use jQuery in your application.
$ gem install merb_jquery
Add
require 'merb_jquery'
to your init.rb
$ rake merb:jquery:install Installs the latest jQuery to public/javascripts
In your layout, inside <head>:
<%= jquery %>
In your views:
<% jquery do %>
$('#foo').something();
<% end %>
jquery is a helper method is a shortcut to
throw_content :for_query and catch_content :for_jquery
You still need to inlude jQuery javascript file manually, for instance, using merb-assets:
# in init.rb
dependency “merb-assets”, “0.9.10”
# in Erb layout
<%= js_include_tag “jquery” %>
# or in Haml layout