Add a JavaScript display to the Home page to count down from 140 characters. (Rails Tutorial, 2nd Ed, Chapter 10, Exercise 7)

Question

This exercise was a bit tricky. Figured I\'d post my solution to see if anyone did it differently or if there\'s anyone who knows a better way.

I\'m not sure on best pra

Answer 1

In order to avoid minus in character count down I added this limit to _micropost_form.html.erb partial, so it stops you at 140 characters:

<%= f.text_area :content, maxlength:140, placeholder: "Compose new micropost..." %>