# Help to get on with jquery

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-on-with-jquery/164804>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 6, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-on-with-jquery/164804 "2009-04-06T08:02:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-on-with-jquery/164804/1 "2009-04-06T08:02:06Z")

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What version of jquery has to be used for rails 2.2.2?  
any links to getting started with jquery with rails.  
i have not tried any jquery still now.i want to give it a try.  
pls help me to get on with jquery on rails.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-on-with-jquery/164804/2 "2009-04-06T08:16:39Z")

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You can try this:[EnnerChi.com is for sale | HugeDomains](http://ennerchi.com/projects/jrails)

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Newb N.  
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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-on-with-jquery/164804/3 "2009-04-06T08:21:13Z")

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HeChian wrote:

> You can try this:[EnnerChi.com is for sale | HugeDomains](http://ennerchi.com/projects/jrails)
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> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Newb N.  
> [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote:
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> Yes! I’m HeChian 🙂
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> [我的Mac我的天, 我的iPhone我的世界 :: 痞客邦 ::](http://hechian36.pixnet.net/blog)

Thanks for the reply  
Does jquery and jrails are diffrent?

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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-on-with-jquery/164804/4 "2009-04-06T09:21:03Z")

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Jquery is a javascript library.  
So what do you want to do with jquery?

For example you could:

Use Jquery UI for theming,  
and Jquery tabs for menus,  
and JqGrid for working with a Restful Rails app.

You could also do some animation effects with jquery if you want.

If you just starting Rails, I’d recommend you  
try using:

Widgets/Tavnav for menus  
ActiveScaffold for automatic view creation.

Feel free to look thru my blog,

> **[Mental Paging Space](http://mentalpagingspace.blogspot.com)**
>
> A place to park ideas, inspire suggestions and makes notes for the future.

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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-on-with-jquery/164804/5 "2009-04-06T09:27:08Z")

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glennswest wrote:

> Jquery is a javascript library.  
> So what do you want to do with jquery?
> 
> For example you could:
> 
> Use Jquery UI for theming,  
> and Jquery tabs for menus,  
> and JqGrid for working with a Restful Rails app.
> 
> You could also do some animation effects with jquery if you want.
> 
> If you just starting Rails, I’d recommend you  
> try using:
> 
> Widgets/Tavnav for menus  
> ActiveScaffold for automatic view creation.
> 
> Feel free to look thru my blog,  
> [http://mentalpagingspace.blogspot.com](http://mentalpagingspace.blogspot.com)

Hi…  
Actually i want to make modal window using jquery…  
but i have not tried ever…  
so can you tell me how to start up with jquery…  
i m using rails 2.2.2  
so what version of jquery i should use…

kindly let me know
