What are the disadvantages of AJAX on Rails?

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what are the scenario's where Ajax could not be used in Rails Application. Is there any disadvantages of AJAX (AJAX on RAILS) if yes please mention which are they?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '10 at 17:20

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The browser may not be able to interpret javascript, but rails can detect that and you can act accordingly
The user cannot back/forward or bookmark a particular state within the page, because it is dynamically generated
Search engines cannot index particular states within the page

There may be others that i can't think of right now.

answered Jun 03 '10 at 17:20

alexcepoi

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these are general disadvantages of AJAX, not of its Rails' implementation. – alex.zherdev Jun 06 '10 at 08:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '10 at 20:32

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I think the biggest disadvantage of AJAX in general is the desire to use is when it is not needed.

answered Jun 03 '10 at 20:32

manlycode

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This is true for all programming really. Use the best tool for the job, not necessarily the one you want to use. – hwrdprkns May 23 '11 at 02:57

What are the disadvantages of AJAX on Rails?

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