pjax is awesome, but causes code within #content_for not to be rendered. Here's a solution.

app--helpers--application_helper.rb

module ApplicationHelper
  def content_for_or_pjax(name, &block)
    request.headers['X-PJAX'] ? capture(&block) : content_for(name, &block)
  end
end

app--views--foo--bar.html.erb

<%= content_for_or_pjax :javascript do %>
  <script type='text/javascript'>
    alert('Executing JS!');
  </script>
<% end %>

I use a simple layout for PJAX responses:

<title><%= content_for(:title) %></title>

<script type="text/javascript">
  <%= content_for(:javascript) %>
</script>

<%= yield %>

This allows me to have the views be pretty agnostic about whether or not PJAX is used.

@dasch Simple and great idea. Thanks for sharing that.