IncludeJS - Use CommonJS modules inside Ruby/Rails
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So he wondered how to get rid of that duplication. The solution he came up with is IncludeJS which allows you to implement something in Javascript and use that code _both_ in Javascript and in Ruby.
He gave a talk on this topic during RailsConf2011, which provides some more details: http://en.oreilly.com/rails2011/public/schedule/detail/1941