From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-07-16T11:23:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for office database application

pedro alvarez wrote:
> Hi,
> I have volunteered at my local charity to develop a database 
> application, which
> keeps track of contacts, donations, organizations etc.
> i decided to use ruby for the job
>
> My question now is what frontend/approach should i use?
> local hosted rails or desktop gui?(eg fox/gtk gui)?
>
> i was thinking of using rails, but i noticed most similar apps use 
> either access or
> sql server 2000 database with a .net/visual basic frontend.
>
> I would really welcome any advice or  tips.
>
>   
If you have Windows machines, I'd recommend using "Instant Rails". It 
comes bundled with Ruby, Rails, Apache and MySQL, so you don't need 
anything else except a browser and some kind of text editor to develop 
your application.