Ajax on Rails
by Scott Raymond


This errata page lists errors outstanding in the 3/07 reprint.


If you have technical questions or error reports, you can send them to
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This page was updated February 21, 2008.

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
	?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification
	+n:  n'th paragraph from the top of the page
	-n:  n'th paragraph from the bottom of the page


Corrections:

{23}  2nd code block, line 11

request.open('get', '/chapter2/myresponse');
->
request.open('get', '/chapter2/myresponse', true);


{23}  2nd code block, 3 lines from end

request.send();
->
request.send(null);


(31)  -1

graduallyfs
->
gradually


{36}  +1

index.html
->
index.rhtml


{39}  +1

repeater action
->
repeat action


(46)  1st code under Form Observers

<p>Text to reverse: <%= text_field_tag 'textToReverse' %></p>
->
<p>Text to reverse: <%= text_field_tag 'text_to_reverse' %></p>


{57}  4th code block, 2nd line

<%= draggable_element :constraintDIV, :constraint => "'vertical'" %>
->
<%= draggable_element :constraintDIV, :constraint => "vertical" %>


(70)  -3

(which replace an entire element)
->
(which replaces an entire element)


(72)  +1 under Collection Proxies

The $() method is used to find a collection of elements
->
The $$() method is used to find a collection of elements


(73)  -1

The collect method (and its synonym, map) evaluates a block for each member
of the collection and to store the result of each block in a new array.
->
The collect method (and its synonym, map) evaluates a block for each member
of the collection and stores the result of each block in a new array.


(74)  +1 under select/find_all

...store them in a Javascript Object.
->
...stores them in a Javascript Object.


(74)  +1 under reject

...store then in a Javascript Object.
->
...store them in a Javascript Object.


(77)  -3

Note that the only the code in the block...
->
Note that only the code in the block...


(78)  -2

Class proxies can be used call static methods on JavaScript classes.
->
Class proxies can be used to call static methods on JavaScript classes.


(141)  2nd code example on page

<%= exerpt post.body, @q %></li>
->
<%= excerpt post.body, @q %></li>