Rails 3.1 rc4 and Jquery: beginner's question

I'm new to jquery and i just upgraded to rails 3.1 rc4 and i'm now starting a new project.

So far i've figured i can just convert my jQuery code to coffeescript and place开发者_开发技巧 it in something.js.coffee, for example

BUT: where should i place pure jquery code?

I'm trying to get this simple example to work: http://api.jquery.com/hide/ I've tried putting the following code in application.js and home.js.coffee but nothing worked so far..

 $("p").hide();
    $("a").click(function ( event ) {
      event.preventDefault();
      $(this).hide();
    });

Thanks in advance

Either of the places you've suggested (application.js or a specific coffeescript file) are valid - though it should be written in the coffee syntax if you're putting it in a coffeescript file.

You need to put that code within a $(document).ready function to get it to work...

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("p").hide();
  $("a").click(function ( event ) {
    event.preventDefault();
    $(this).hide();
  });
});