From: Vladimir Konrad <person@...>
Date: 2008-01-09T06:29:59+09:00
Subject: gui front-end for database (jruby + swing + jdbc) or (ruby + (gtk || fxruby) + sequel)


Hello,

Did anyone created a medium size database gui application using the
combinations mentioned? I am trying to decide what to use and would
like to hear about your experiences.

My current analysis:

GUI toolkits:

GTK2:	+ mature
	+ good API(used it a bit for toy applications)
	- no table widget
FXRuby	+ mature
	+ good API (used it a bit for toy applications)
	+ table control
	- ?

Swing	+ mature
	- never used it
	? complex

Ruby implementations:

JRuby	+ can distribute all application as .jar?
	+ jdbc (but I only used it for very basic stuff)
	+ access to java libraries
	- will it be ever as fast as ruby 1.9/2.x ?

ruby (matz version):
	+ "the standard ruby"
	+ fast implementation
	+ sequel (I have used this in few basic web applications)
	- harder (but not impossible) to distribute the app as one file

The database server will be postgresql, but the application has to also
work standalone/off-site (and synchronise the data with the main
server). For the standalone database, the choice is sqlite (sequel) or
hsql (jdbc) - or i just install postgresql also under windows as local
server.

So far, the ruby/FXRuby/sequel looks the most promising.

Vlad