gistfile1.txt

Old:
<a href="/presentations/new">New presentation!!!1</a>

jQuery:

// --------------------------------------------
// in application.js
// --------------------------------------------

function anchorizeLinks() {
  var linkset = $("a[href^='/']");
  // Reset event bindings
  linkset.unbind('.anchorize');
  linkset.bind('click.anchorize', runAnchorizedLink);
}

// Page load chain
function runAnchorizedLink(event) {
  $(this).blur();
  loadView($(this).attr("href"));
  return false;
}

function loadView(url) {
  // apply anchor to document location e.g. /#/presentations/new
  // run request to url appending parameter ?load_view=true
    // note: controllers all respond to ?load_view=true by omitting layout
  // on successful return:
    // run unloadView
    // run globalUnloadView 
    // update document with new content
    // run initView
    // run globalInitView (anchorizeLinks and other basic functions)
}

function globalUnloadView() {

}

function globalInitView() {
  anchorizeLinks();
}

// --------------------------------------------
// in a <script> tag within each template
// --------------------------------------------

// Page boot chain - this is called immediately after a view has been added to the DOM
function initView() {
  // do things to make this view work
}

// Page unload chain - this is called immediately before a view is removed from the DOM
// include a function like this at the bottom of each template:
function unloadView() {
  // code to unload this view - unbind events etc.
}




// example controller action
class Presentations < Application

  def new
    @presentation = Presentation.new
    if params[:load_view] == "true"
      display({
        :html=>render(:new, :layout=>false),
        :presentation=>@presentation
      })
    else
      display @presentation #regular render
    end
  end

end

class Application
  def layout_for_request
    (params[:layout]=="false")? false : "application"
  end
end