# Building a Non-Intrusive AJAX Status Indicator with CoffeeScript

DevFeed: [Building a Non-Intrusive AJAX Status Indicator with CoffeeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/simple-ror-ajax-status-37683.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/building-a-simple-and-non-intrusive-ajax-status-with-coffeescript-in-rubyonrails/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Ajax](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ajax.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>)

Tags: [ajax](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ajax.md>), [loading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loading.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on building a CoffeeScript AJAX status indicator with spin.js that shows and hides a loading spinner without blocking application interaction. It discusses handling AJAX lifecycle events and avoiding premature hiding when multiple requests occur.

## Source excerpt

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