From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-09-06T05:38:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Cross-platform standalone Ruby apps ?

Jamey Cribbs wrote:
> I can recommend both FXRuby (although, last time I checked its OS X
> support was lacking) and RubyGtk2.  Both have worked well for me in the
> past.
> 
> There is also WxRuby and QtRuby, but I don't have any experience with
> either.
My personal preference is QTRuby. The widgets are "prettier" and there
is an excellent book from the Pragmatic Programmers teaching exactly how
it works! If you're on Linux, you can go a couple of steps further and
build KDE applications with Korundum or Kommander.



> As far as database management systems, you would need to give more info
> on your requirements before that could be answered.  Ruby plays well
> with most every dbms.
SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MS SQL Server are supported for
sure. I'm not sure about DB2.