From: David Pollak <pollak@...>
Date: 2006-04-25T01:35:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Squeak-like Ruby env

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Folks,

How about looking at OS X's Interface Builder.  It comes out of the
SmallTalk world and is totally amazing.  A Ruby implementation would be
totally killer and perhaps allow Ruby to be a desktop app authoring languag=
e
as well as a web-app authoring language and avoiding one of Java's
mis-steps.

My 2 cents.

Thanks,

David

On 4/24/06, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/24/06, Robert Feldt <robert.feldt@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/24/06, Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 4/24/06, Robert Feldt <robert.feldt@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Comments? Good? Bad? Worth the effort? What about moving FreeRIDE
> onto
> > > > something like Inertia? Much more freedom in what can be
> > > > visualized/done since there is no GUI framework restricting us...
> > >
> > > I've had thoughts that SDL could be used for a "native" Ruby GUI, and
> > > this just proves that it is entirely possible, if not a good idea.
> > > Certainly within the context of a self-contained "Squeak-like"
> > > programming environment, it makes sense. Adding OpenGL into the mix
> > > just sweetens the pot.
> > >
> > > It would be nice if we could build off of Mike's work on Intertia, bu=
t
> > > if that isn't possible, we at least have his work as a
> > > proof-of-concept, and 1500 lines of Ruby code isn't too bad for what
> > > Inertia can do.
> > >
> > > Much like Guido's plea in the Python community, we probably just need
> > > someone to spearhead this effort. Has anyone contacted Mike about
> > > this? Mike are you listening?
> > >
> > I'm not the guy to lead this since I have my hands full but I have a
> > pre-release of Inertia (now circa 2500 lines including an editor and
> > quite a few widgets) so I definetely think Mike intend to release this
> > publically at some point. So planning now is a good idea, imho.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> Just another reply of full encouragement, looks great and promising and
> ruby
> definetly would profit a lot of such a project.
>
> Cheers
> Robert
> --
> Deux choses sont infinies : l'univers et la b=EAtise humaine ; en ce qui
> concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue.
>
> - Albert Einstein
>
>

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