From: Marcelo <barberomarcelo@...>
Date: 2006-07-10T22:25:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby over Python?

What I wanted to know with my previous post was what are rubyist using
IN PRACTICE NOW. That's to say, what are the GUI toolkits more used
(except Tk)


gregarican wrote:
> You can use Wx, Qt, Fox, and a variety of other standard GUI toolkits
> that are used in other programming languages. There's even non-standard
> ones such as http://www.widestudio.org. Tk is primitive and just more
> of a starter option in my eyes, but it goes allow a newbie to get their
> feet under them. Past that there are plenty of other GUI toolkits as
> you will find out...
>
> Marcelo wrote:
> > Oh, yes, I saw that page, but for what I saw, most of them are in early
> > development or dead. The only one apparently working is the Ruby/Gnome.
> >
> > Am I wrong? Who is doing GUI development in Ruby and what are they
> > using? (please, Tk is awful both in Ruby and Python) I think that in
> > GUI development, Ruby is far behind Python, and that is something that
> > keeps me from stepping into Ruby.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated, and sorry for my English.
> > 
> > Marcelo