From: Joe <qbproger@...>
Date: 2007-12-10T07:12:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Confirm My Ruby/GUI investigation?

If you really want to use Qt and don't mind giving your software away
you can just release your software under the GPL.  IIRC, they allow
GPL'd projects to use Qt for free.

Joe

On Dec 9, 2007 4:52 PM, Wesley Rishel <wes.rishel@gartner.com> wrote:
> I have been reviewing the copious old threads (and the various cited web
> sites) on this topic from the point of view of my needs. I think I have
> some conclusions and am hoping that some of you with actual experience
> can tell me if I'm on the right track.
>
> My needs:
> a) I write small programs in Ruby for personal convenience, and the fun
> of being a do-it-yourselfer. I have programmed professtionally, but that
> was many moons ago.
>
> b) I am not interested in a long learning curve. I would like a WSYWIG
> dialogue editor, but not at the expense of a package that would weeks to
> become productive. Weeks of programming time takes months for a
> hobbyist.
>
> c) cheap is required; free is better. I would probably pop for $100 but
> nothing like Qt.
>
> d) my target OS is Windows
>
> e) huge footprint not acceptable; I do most of my hobby programming on a
> company-owned laptop, not set up as a development machine.
>
> f) I don't have a C++ compiler and am hoping not to have compile
> anything to install.
>
> g) I can get by with bread and butter UIs rather than baked Alaska. I do
> want to be able to draw a graph once in awhile.
>
> conclusions
> -----------
> Qt costs about $2K. It has a rich library of widgets and someday I will
> wish I had them. I can't tell how steep the learning curve is, but for
> most systems the more bells and whistles the longer it takes to get out
> of the station.
>
> Tk is the old reliable, definitely bread maybe butter. I know Python so
> I can probably read the Python/TL documentation. Tk now adopts the
> windows management of the host, so the GUI I develop would have the same
> look and feel as other apps.
>
> wXruby probably assumes that you know the Windows API, which I don't.
>
> Shoes looks like fun, but it would be premature for a duffer like me to
> use it ... not enough documentation and patient support for dumb
> questions yet.
> --
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>
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