DataTables and Rails Setup But Showing No Change

Question

I've followed along with the following tutorials to get DataTables setup in my Rails app, but I am seeing no change. Here's what I followed:

https://github.com/rweng/jquery-datatables-rails

http://railscasts.com/episodes/340-datatables

I am not getting an error. I'm just seeing no change. And I restarted my server.

Application.js

//= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables

Application.css

*= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables

View:

<table id="products">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Price</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>

    <tbody>
        <tr>
          <td>Something</td>
          <td>Something</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Something</td>
          <td>Something</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Something</td>
          <td>Something</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Products.js.coffee

jQuery ->
  $('#products').dataTable

I just want to be able to sort columns. Why is this not working?

Marc · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-23 16:15:39Z

1

Try converting Products.js.coffee back to regular javascript and seeing if the results are the same. If so, the problem is either with the javascript itself or the compilation of the coffeescript (make sure the coffee-rails gem is in the Gemfile). Also check out the RailsCast Coffeescript Episode.

edited Oct 23, 2014 at 16:15

answered Jan 13, 2014 at 9:53

Marc

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2 Comments

Sauron Over a year ago

What do you mean by the statement: 'make sure the gem is there'? Is that a gem for coffeescript or is there another gem for datatables to make it work with coffeescript?

Marc Over a year ago

Yes, make sure coffee-rails gem is in the Gemfile. Also, at the end of the RailsCast/AsciiCast mentioned there are additional debugging tips. I updated the answer to make it more clear.

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