From: Jamey Cribbs Date: 2004-08-06T00:00:44+09:00 Subject: Re: Amazing GUI toolkit with visual designer & Ruby Integration Joao Pedrosa wrote: >And, maybe ('cause I don't know... just guessing), the >excitement for FLTK is due to a GUI designer. Ah, GUI >designers... :-) > >I want to believe that a good GUI library coupled with >a great language is enough to make a GUI designer less >needed, though the successful examples from history >(Delphi, VB, Access) have always had GUI designers. >What's gonna be next? The same old stuff in new >clothes? > > > Point taken. However (and I know that this has been debated on this list before), I personally prefer to hand-code my app's gui rather than use a gui designer. To me, when evaluating gui library's, several things take precedence over a gui designer, including: * Does it have the widget's I need (since I do a lot of database development, a good multi-column listbox is very important)? * Does it run on both Windows and Linux (and does it have a Windows binary readily available, since I am a C novice)? * Does it look good? * Is it stable? * Is there enough documentation for me to figure out how to use it? * Is it being maintained? * Can I easily distribute apps I develop in it? Anyway, I really didn't mean my comments to start a Ruby gui toolkit debate. I was just trying to answer H. Simpson's question, "Why is FXRuby a more popular Ruby gui toolkit than Ruby-FLTK?". The good news about this whole thing is that, when it comes to developing gui apps in Ruby, we have a choice! Be it FXRuby, Ruby-FLTK, Ruby/Gtk, or wxRuby. That, to me, is the best news of all. Now, I think we should all join hands and sing Kumbaya. :) Jamey Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email and any materials contained in any attachments is prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the intended recipient(s), please immediately notify the sender by email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.