# Ajax Calendar for RoR

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-calendar-for-ror/70944>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 4, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-calendar-for-ror/70944 "2006-10-04T05:15:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darren)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-calendar-for-ror/70944/1 "2006-10-04T05:15:27Z")

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Has anyone seen a solution available (commercial or open-source) that  
is a ready-to-go ajax calendar? Anyone know of any in under  
development? I have seen many “ajax-calendars” around but they do not  
appear to be a type which you could plop into your own application. I  
would really appreciate any guidance on this.

Again, I am looking for an ajax-based calendar that can be integrated  
into a RoR application.

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**Author:** ![darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darren)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-calendar-for-ror/70944/2 "2006-10-04T12:04:10Z")

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On 04 Oct 2006, at 05:12, darren wrote:

> Has anyone seen a solution available (commercial or open-source) that  
> is a ready-to-go ajax calendar? Anyone know of any in under  
> development? I have seen many “ajax-calendars” around but they do not  
> appear to be a type which you could plop into your own application. I  
> would really appreciate any guidance on this.
> 
> Again, I am looking for an ajax-based calendar that can be integrated  
> into a RoR application.

We have been looking for a similar solution (something like Kiko or  
Google calendar), but haven’t found a ready-to-go solution anywhere.  
The problem is that an integrated calendar solution is quite a lot of  
work (so quite a lot of money is spent) and having it gives you an  
edge over your competitor, so that’s probably why no one has made one  
that can stand up against the big guys out there.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Author:** ![darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darren)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-calendar-for-ror/70944/3 "2006-10-04T14:10:25Z")

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On 10/4/06, Peter De Berdt [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> calendar), but haven’t found a ready-to-go solution anywhere. The problem is  
> that an integrated calendar solution is quite a lot of work (so quite a lot  
> of money is spent) and having it gives you an edge over your competitor, so  
> that’s probably why no one has made one that can stand up against the big  
> guys out there.

Also a commercial, embeddable product would be required to support  
international calendars. Which is a huge amount of effort, and  
complicates  
Rails deployment (you need to be mandating globalise usage etc.)

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**Author:** ![darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darren)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-calendar-for-ror/70944/4 "2006-10-04T18:00:49Z")

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the good news is that as part of a product we’re building, I’m  
isolating the calendar functions into an engine.

rbtuesday currently supports:  
recurring events, reminder emails, invitations (with accept/deny).  
The visual side is fairly week - but being an engine you can override

the bad news is that I’m probably 4(-\> 6) or more weeks from having  
something extracted, plus being my first plugin/engine it’ll be rough  
around the ‘edges’.

If you have requirements please let me know. At the least I can put  
them on the wishlist.

cheers,  
Jodi

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**Author:** ![darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@darren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darren)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-calendar-for-ror/70944/5 "2006-10-06T02:48:11Z")

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Hi Jodi,

What you have described sounds great! I was looking around for just a  
basic ajax-calendar that would allow daily, weekly, and monthly views.  
Just an easy to use calendar with easy on click entry of events on the  
date they click on the calendar.

I would enjoy a calendar that simply provided the ability to enter in  
dates/events etc. What you have described appears to go way beyond  
that.

I for one would be very interested in the calendar even if it was a  
commercial product.

Regards,

Darren