Agile Web Development with Rails, Edition 4

Agile Web Development with Rails, Edition 4

11.3 Iteration F3: Highlighting Changes 11.1 Iteration F1: Moving the Cart

11.2 Iteration F2: Creating an AJAX-Based Cart

Add remote: true to the Add to Cart button

edit app/views/store/index.html.erb
<% if notice %>
<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>
<% end %>
 
<h1>Your Pragmatic Catalog</h1>
 
<% @products.each do |product| %>
  <div class="entry">
    <%= image_tag(product.image_url) %>
    <h3><%= product.title %></h3>
    <%= sanitize(product.description) %>
    <div class="price_line">
      <span class="price"><%= number_to_currency(product.price) %></span>
      <%= button_to 'Add to Cart', line_items_path(:product_id => product),
        :remote => true %>
    </div>
  </div>
<% end %>

Enable a the controller to respond to js requests

edit app/controllers/line_items_controller.rb
  def create
    @cart = current_cart
    product = Product.find(params[:product_id])
    @line_item = @cart.add_product(product.id)
    @line_item.product = product
 
    respond_to do |format|
      if @line_item.save
        format.html { redirect_to(store_url) }
        format.js
        format.xml  { render :xml => @line_item,
          :status => :created, :location => @line_item }
      else
        format.html { render :action => "new" }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @line_item.errors,
          :status => :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

Use JavaScript to replace the cart with a new rendering

edit app/views/line_items/create.js.rjs
page.replace_html('cart', render(@cart))

11.3 Iteration F3: Highlighting Changes 11.1 Iteration F1: Moving the Cart