I've looked around for a couple days now for a way to implement js.erb files into my Ruby On Rails 7 application and could not find any resources on this topic. Are js.erb files completely depreciated in Rails 7? If so, is there any way to call in partials in the javascript files of import map?
I'm trying to implement a javascript function that re renders and updates the "like" count on a post. My approach requires me to pull the count data from a table and change the element's text with that ruby partial.
Any resources or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
Not really.
With RoR 7, Javascript is handled using these ways:
Regardless the handling technology used, the Javascript code is packaged during the development/deployment process. It can not be updated at runtime.
However, the need you expressed is easy to address. Use Hotwire, the new technology introduced few months ago and now part of Rails 7. Simply speaking, Hotwire stands for HTML over the wire. What it does is to send a partial over the wire in real time. Check on YouTube and you'll find plenty of tutorials explaining how to use Hotwire with Stimulus, React or Vue.