Basic jQuery with Rails

Question

I was trying to use jQuery in Rails. I'm having a problem getting started off. I need to attach a jQuery function. Suppose, I have this link_to helper
<%= link_to "Sign in", :id => "user_sign_in" %>

I need to show a popup window when a user clicks this link. What do I write in my application.js file? This is what I have so far, but it's not working: jQuery(function(){ $("#user_sign_in").live("click", function(){ alert('I'm hit') }) };)
Please suggest!

Read this... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5208412/rails-3-how-to-use-the-link-to-helper-to-open-a-popup — Amokrane Chentir, Mar 13 '11 at 15:58
This is plain Javascript, my purpose is to learn to use jQuery with Rails. Thanks. — rookieRailer, Mar 13 '11 at 16:00
do you download rails.js for jquery? https://github.com/indirect/jquery-rails link at the bottom — Petya petrov, Mar 13 '11 at 16:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '11 at 16:50

As @Augusto has said, firstly you need to escape the single quote in I'm, unless you change to the double quotes wrapping that string.

Secondly, the semi-colon at the end of that example should go after the last parenthesis.

This all assumes you even have jQuery installed, which you can double-check by looking at public/javascripts directory and verifying that jquery.js is present, as well as making sure that your application layout in views/layouts directory includes it.

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Basic jQuery with Rails

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