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Modern Front-End Development for Rails
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Modern Front-End Development for Rails

by Noel Rappin
June 2021
Intermediate to advanced
398 pages
9h 35m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Stimulus Quick Reference

Stimulus is small, but the conventions need to be hit exactly for it to work. I find that a short, quick reference table helps a lot. The basics of Stimulus can fit in the simple table that follows, with the naming conventions mimicking the expected case of the value.

ItemAttributeNaming Convention
Controller

data-controller

controller-name

Action

data-action

event->controller-name#methodName

Target

data-controller-name-target

targetName

Value

data-controller-name-attribute-name-value

value

Class

data-controller-name-description-class

value

And some notes on semantics:

  • A controller declared as controller-name assumes the existence of a file app/packs/controller/controller_name_controller.ts (or .js), which exports a class that extends ...

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