From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-09-15T11:11:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Looking for reference for Ruby/Tk and Ruby/MySQL

Patrick Lynch wrote:
> Good evening,
> 
> I need to create an app that will use Ruby/TK and Ruby/MySql.
> It will be a standalone pc app...
> 
> I'm going thru the "Pickaxe" book...and it contains a chapter on Tk - 
> but I'm looking for a good reference that covers Ruby and Tk in greater 
> detail. I'll be doing a lot of mathematical curve drawing [ie, plotting 
> some statistical functions].
> 
> The "Pickaxe" doesn't cover databases...I'm particularly interested in 
> using MySQL with Ruby.
> 
> I prefer textbooks...
> 
> Will someone make a recommendation.
> 
> THX,
> Pat
> 
I can't help you on MySQL -- I'm a PostgreSQL fanatic. As far as Ruby
Tk, the recommendation in the Pickaxe book is to pick up "Mastering
Perl/Tk" and just convert to Ruby. You'll also find lots of examples in
Tcl when you load Tcl and Tk to port to Ruby.

That said, unless you need Windows support, I'd recommend QTRuby. The
documentation is much better than what's available for *Ruby* Tk,
especially if you consider the Pragmatic Programmers' "Friday" series
PDF book.

I think the QT widgets look prettier than the Tk widgets as well. :)