From: Matthew Borgeson Date: 2008-02-05T05:38:53+09:00 Subject: Re: GUI for a newbie Joel VanderWerf wrote: > Matthew Borgeson wrote: >> Gtk (Would be nice on my Nokia n800 maemo) >> Qt (My preference) >> Tk (Seems to be the favorite of the Ruby folk) >> >> My question is which would be the easiest to learn. While I want to use >> Qt (I just feel comfortable with its maturity)I am concerned by how hard >> it will be to learn, considering I have no C++ background. > > Does it affect your decision that Nokia just bought the company that > makes Qt? > > I've never developed anything with Qt, but it seems unlikely that you > need to know any C++ to use the ruby bindings. I just wanted to thand everyone with your two cents; it helped me make a decision as follows: While I appreciate the C# thoughts, I'll pass as well as on any Visual Studio or Microsoft tools. Besides the MS limiting of the free flow of information, I really don't want to spend any money on software; I don't mind buying books but I just feel buying software is a waste of money as far as a hobby is concerned; At least I can take books with me on the train, inthe bathroom, et cetera... I downloaded the Agile Friday book on QtRuby (9 bucks) as well as the tutorial from the Tk 8.5 website(Which actually does look better than the versions before it)and have decided that I am going to try both on a simple little 100-line, dose- calculating program I cobbled together and see which is quicker to learn;Whichever one gives me the fewest conceptual headaches wins :-). The Gtk documentation seemed a bit convoluted and filled with exceptions when I paged through it the first time. I looked at shoes, but it seemed a bit cutting edge for me. WxRuby seemed a bit convoluted as well. The tutorials for Tk and Qt are organized and seem to be what I need. I guess Ill post here once I have finished the two programs and let everyonoe know how it goes... Thanks again for the feedback- Matthew F Borgesono -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.