From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2007-07-27T05:30:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting started with full sized apps... how?

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So you're talking about IDEs and form builders? If you want to work with a
GUI, I'd suggest getting wxRuby: http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl

There's no drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor that I know of, but you really don't
need one, and it doesn't facilitate learning how to use the language
effectively.

Jason

On 7/26/07, Lloyd Linklater <lloyd@2live4.com> wrote:
>
> Jason Roelofs wrote:
> > I guess the best advice one can give is to ask questions. Give yourself
> > a
> > project that you know will make you dive into more of the language's
> > features and don't be afraid to admit that you don't know.
>
> Well, therein lies the rub.  If I were to start with something in a new
> language, say Delphi for the sake of argument, I might make a form, put
> an edit box for user name and a push button, and say hello to the name
> in the box.  With something like that, I can build and make anything I
> can dream up in the language.
>
> I see nothing analogous in ruby (yet).  I do not want to have command
> line prompts that get ever more convoluted as the app progresses.  I
> need help finding the forest (the app).  Trees (snippets and methods), I
> can make.
> --
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>
>

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