# Jrails or jq4r

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jrails-or-jq4r/148949>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 18, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jrails-or-jq4r/148949 "2008-09-18T15:51:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![pankaj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@pankaj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pankaj)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jrails-or-jq4r/148949/1 "2008-09-18T15:51:49Z")

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jrails or jq4r([http://jq4r.blogspot.com/](http://jq4r.blogspot.com/) ) are 2 options i found to  
integrate jquery with rails.

which one do u prefer n y?

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**Author:** ![pankaj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@pankaj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pankaj)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jrails-or-jq4r/148949/2 "2008-09-18T16:40:48Z")

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On 18 Sep 2008, at 15:51, pankaj wrote:

> jrails or jq4r([http://jq4r.blogspot.com/](http://jq4r.blogspot.com/) ) are 2 options i found to  
> integrate jquery with rails.
> 
> which one do u prefer n y?

Neither. JQuery has always been about unobtrusive javascript and  
littering your views with inline javascript is basically going against  
everything the JQuery stands for.

That said, jrails is far better maintained and has a lot more features  
than jq4r. Do realize that jrails overwrites all the built-in Rails  
helpers, while jq4r uses custom methods (rails methods with jquery\_ in  
front of it).

Best regards

Peter De Berdt