From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2007-11-30T15:20:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby/Tk

On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:04 AM, Erik Boling wrote:

>     I have been looking for a good ruby GUI, and TK seems to be  
> easiest
> for me. I am quite new to programing in general, so bare with me if  
> i'm
> using the wrong "wordage" for things. I have been creating simple
> programs, i.e basic skills math tests. But i have gotten bored/  
> annoyed
> of cmd prompt. I was wondering  does anyone know of any good tutorials
> on how to program w/ TK. I have found some, but they are all very  
> basic
> and only go as far as explaining how to put buttons and text on the
> window. I was trying to get my GUI more *active* like being able to
> output and input information. Perhaps there is a better choice for a
> Ruby GUI that someone might recommend that has more extensive easier
> tutorials?

AFAIK there isn't anything much more than introductory material  
available in English on-line for Ruby/Tk. It's really too bad because  
Ruby/Tk provides a broad and deep range of GUI capabilities. After I  
(rather quickly) reached the limitations of the available tutorials,  
I turned to

<http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/branches/ruby_1_8/ext/tk/ 
sample/>

This is not a tutorial but a repository of example code. I have  
learned much from studying these examples. I recommend you take a  
look at them. Also, if you have a question about a specific Ruby/Tk  
element you can post it here. I'll answer it if I can. But more to  
the point, NAGAI Hidetoshi (the implementor/maintainer of Ruby/Tk)  
often answers such question, and his answers are always illuminating.  
I have learned a great deal from them.

Regards, Morton