Dependency on jQuery

[frankieroberto]

I just tried to use this gem, and got a javascript error because our project doesn’t use jQuery. I've created a separate PR (#22) to add a note about this to the README, however I think it might be worth considering one of the following:

• rewriting the javascript to not require jQuery (this would be my preference, and it’s not a huge job)
• adding a dependency on the jquery-rails gem to the Gemspec (pros: makes the dependency explicit, cons: means people have to use the jQuery gem, even if they don't want to use jQuery, or want to include it via some other mechanism).
• adding some detection of jQuery within the javascript (via something like if (typeof jQuery != 'undefined')) to avoid raising errors if it isn’t (maybe log a warning instead).

[aliuk2012]

Hi @frankieroberto ,

Thanks for raising this issue. I agree we should really remove the jQuery dependency. I'll take a look at removing the jQuery dependency and add some tests too.

👍

[frankieroberto]

@aliuk2012 ah great, thanks. That would make the gem a lot more reusable!