Rails 4 rendering a partial with ajax, jquery, :remote => true, and respond_to

Question

It seems like rendering a page dynamically with AJAX in response to a submitted form is common. None of the other similar questions are focused around how to do this in a g

Answer 1

You should use JS views (which have "js.erb" extension), something like "create.js.erb" for create controller action. Then, add format.js to the respond_to do |format| ... end block. And add remote: true parameter to your form. Notice: js.erb should include Javascript code you need to be included, like:

$("tbody#items").append("<%= j render(partial: 'your_partial_path') %>")