Rails inline Javascript and Best Practices

Question

I\'m kinda new to using Rails, and an app I am working on is progressing well - however I\'m looking though the generated HTML and noticed things like...

Answer 1

Well if you really want to use best practices...Do not use inline javascript. Keep your HTML, CSS and Javascript clean and seperated from eachother. Ideally the html file should be usable without CSS and javascript.

The cleanest way, imo, is to just build your app using plain html/css, and enhance it with unobtrusive javascript to provide a better user experience.

A pattern for this is to include all your JS files at the bottom of your page, and start running your code with functionality like onDomReady.

Based on the comments I would like to add some possible options to get you started:

• JQuery
• YUI
• Prototype