Extended Turbolinks support

[tonekk]

Support of page:before-unload event

[zcei]

Approach: Each route (e.g. users#edit) isn't stored as a function, but as a Hash/Object.

So if necessary a route can be defined such as:

/*
 * app/assets/javascripts/controllers/users.js
 */

Rails.controller('users', {

  index: function(h) {

  },

  edit: {
    load: function() {
      // ...
    },
    unload: function() {
      // ...
    }
  }
});

[tonekk]

Maybe on / off

/*
 * app/assets/javascripts/controllers/users.js
 */

Rails.controller('users', {

  index: function(h) {

  },

  edit: {
    on: function() {
      // ...
    },
    off: function() {
      // ...
    }
  }
});

[zcei]

This might confuse people, which usage scope this function have.

on/off is kinda reserved for events only, but users.edit.on would have all the buildup code (e.g. showing/hiding something), while off is just unbinding events.

For example if you want to unset some window binding library (e.g. leaflet), because you just need it on one out of hundert routes.

But yeah, basically that's naming, so let's explore how others tackle to get a convenience.