How to create a new rails 3 application that uses jQuery as a js framework

Question

• How to create a new rails 3 application that uses jQuery as a js infrastructure?
• How to switch an existing rails 3 application to use jQuery in rails mode?

Any guides please!

Answer 1

Add the gem to your gemfile and follow the instructions from here:

https://github.com/indirect/jquery-rails

FYI: jQuery will be the default js framework in Rails 3.1

Answer 2

You can also create a new rails 3 application from http://railswizard.org/ (and enable jquery as the default js framework) to speed up the setup process