Inertia Rails

What is Inertia Rails

Inertia Rails is a hybrid approach that combines Rails server-side routing with React client-side views. It's not a traditional SPA (no client-side routing) and not traditional SSR (no server-side rendering).

How it works:

• Rails handles routing, controllers, authentication, data fetching
• React components replace ERB templates as the view layer
• Inertia intercepts link clicks and makes XHR requests
• Server returns JSON with component name and props instead of HTML
• Client dynamically swaps components without full page reload

Component location: app/frontend/pages/ControllerName/ActionName.jsx

Responses & Props