diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4aa8f6b..31ef50f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.2'
 
 # Use jquery as the JavaScript library
 gem 'jquery-rails'
+gem 'jquery-ui-rails'
 # Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks
 gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5'
 # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3a41a6e..460400b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ GEM
       rails-dom-testing (>= 1, < 3)
       railties (>= 4.2.0)
       thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
+    jquery-ui-rails (5.0.5)
+      railties (>= 3.2.16)
     listen (3.0.8)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   coffee-rails (~> 4.2)
   jbuilder (~> 2.5)
   jquery-rails
+  jquery-ui-rails
   listen (~> 3.0.5)
   puma (~> 3.0)
   rails (~> 5.0.0, >= 5.0.0.1)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index b12018d..d106681 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 // about supported directives.
 //
 //= require jquery
+//= require jquery-ui/effect-blind
 //= require jquery_ujs
 //= require turbolinks
 //= require_tree .
diff --git a/app/controllers/line_items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/line_items_controller.rb
index b636c96..6159463 100644
--- a/app/controllers/line_items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/line_items_controller.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class LineItemsController < ApplicationController
     respond_to do |format|
       if @line_item.save
         format.html { redirect_to @line_item.cart }
-        format.js
+        format.js { @current_item = @line_item }
         format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @line_item }
       else
         format.html { render :new }
diff --git a/app/views/line_items/_line_item.html.erb b/app/views/line_items/_line_item.html.erb
index 608b918..e66ce68 100644
--- a/app/views/line_items/_line_item.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/line_items/_line_item.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-<tr>
+<% if line_item == @current_item %>
+  <tr id="current_item">
+<% else %>
+  <tr>
+<% end %>
   <td><%= line_item.quantity %> &times;</td>
   <td><%= line_item.product.title %></td>
   <td class="item_price"><%= number_to_currency(line_item.total_price) %></td>
diff --git a/app/views/line_items/create.js.erb b/app/views/line_items/create.js.erb
index 24cfafe..96a5666 100644
--- a/app/views/line_items/create.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/line_items/create.js.erb
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 $('#cart').html("<%=j render(@cart)  %>")
+
+$('#current_item').css({'background-color':'#88ff88'})
+                  .animate({'background-color':'#114411'}, 1000)
diff --git a/test/controllers/line_items_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/line_items_controller_test.rb
index c7bde77..3192ca8 100644
--- a/test/controllers/line_items_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/line_items_controller_test.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ class LineItemsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     assert_select 'td', 'Programming Ruby 1.9'
   end
 
+  test "should create line_item via ajax" do
+    assert_difference('LineItem.count') do
+      post line_items_url, params: { product_id: products(:ruby).id }, xhr: true
+    end
+
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_select_jquery :html, '#cart' do
+      assert_select 'tr#current_item td', /Programming Ruby 1.9/
+    end
+  end
+
   test "should show line_item" do
     get line_item_url(@line_item)
     assert_response :success