Home/ Questions/Q 9126209
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-17T06:59:10+00:00

I’m using jquery more and more. But, one thing confuses me. What benefit do

  • 0

I’m using jquery more and more. But, one thing confuses me.

What benefit do you get from using a rails gem that implements a jquery module, over just installing the pieces without the gem?

For instance bootstrap-editable-rails for x-editable. Or twitter-bootstrap-rails for Bootstrap.

Thanks!

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team
    • I don’t need to download them manually and they work seamlessly with asset pipeline right away.
    • Since it’s just a gem, I can use Bundler to take care of updating, checking for new version, resolving dependencies.
    • They usually provide some sort of integration with Rails. Take a look at the twitter-bootstrap-rails gem. It provides generators for layouts, scaffolds, helpers for working with breadcrumb etc.
    • 0