From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2006-02-18T12:49:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Desktop apps written in Ruby?

On 2/17/06, petermichaux@yahoo.com <petermichaux@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've only used Ruby in the Rails framework. How about using Ruby to
> build desktop apps with fancy drag and drop GUI with directory trees
> and tabbed panes etc. Can such an app be developed as easily or easier
> than with Java/Swing?
>
> It looks like Tk is used for Ruby GUI. Is Tk as advanced as Swing?
>
> What sort of desktop app frameworks are their for Ruby?
>

GTK and Qt are the most feature-rich Ruby-compatible frameworks, but
there are many others (wxWidgets, Fox, Tk, etc.)
Ruby/Qt even has a nice book now:
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ctrubyqt/index.html