inertia
DevelopmentInertia.js server-side rendering, redirects, shared data, forms, validation, and client-side patterns for The Boring JavaScript Stack. Use this skill when building pages, handling form submissions, managing redirects, sharing data, or working with any Inertia.js feature in a Sails.js application.
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Inertia.js for The Boring JavaScript Stack
Inertia.js is the bridge between Sails.js and your frontend framework (React, Vue, or Svelte) in The Boring JavaScript Stack. It lets you build modern single-page apps using classic server-side routing and controllers -- no API required. The inertia-sails package implements the full Inertia.js v2 protocol as a Sails hook.
When to Use
Use this skill when:
- Rendering pages with Inertia (
responseType: 'inertia') - Setting page-specific meta tags, titles, and OG images with locals (
sails.inertia.local(),return { locals }) - Handling form submissions and redirects (
responseType: 'redirect'vs'inertiaRedirect') - Sharing data globally across all pages (
sails.inertia.share(),once(),refreshOnce()) - Working with flash messages (
sails.inertia.flash()) - Handling validation errors (
responseType: 'badRequest',form.errors) - Using advanced props: deferred, optional, always, merge, scroll
- Building frontend components with
useForm,usePage,Link,Head,router - Setting up
createInertiaAppand persistent layouts - Handling server errors with the Inertia error modal
- Working with partial reloads, history encryption, or asset versioning
Rules
Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:
- rules/getting-started.md - How Inertia works, the protocol, client and server setup
- rules/rendering-pages.md - Server-side rendering, page objects, the
inertiaresponse type - rules/locals.md - Locals for the root EJS template -- SEO meta tags, Open Graph, page titles, structured data
- rules/actions-and-exits.md - Action2 patterns, exit response types, the four action patterns
- rules/redirects-and-responses.md - redirect vs inertiaRedirect, when to use each, location visits
- rules/shared-data-and-flash.md - share(), once(), refreshOnce(), flushShared(), flash()
- rules/forms-and-validation.md - useForm, form submission, validation errors, badRequest flow
- rules/props-system.md - AlwaysProp, DeferProp, MergeProp, OnceProp, OptionalProp, ScrollProp
- rules/client-side-components.md - Link, router, usePage, Head, layouts, createInertiaApp
- rules/error-handling.md - Server errors, the dev error modal, production error handling
- rules/advanced-features.md - History encryption, partial reloads, asset versioning, CSRF, SSR
Framework-Specific APIs
- rules/react.md - React: useForm, usePage, Link, Head, Deferred, WhenVisible, usePoll, layouts
- rules/vue.md - Vue: useForm, usePage, Link, Head, Deferred, WhenVisible, usePoll, defineOptions layouts
- rules/svelte.md - Svelte: useForm (stores), page store, Link, inertia action, svelte:head, layouts