From: gregarican Date: 2008-04-11T11:35:03+09:00 Subject: Re: FXRuby versus Tk On Apr 10, 8:51 am, Lyle Johnson wrote: > On Apr 10, 2008, at 2:23 AM, Matt Mower wrote: > > > Seeing the announcement of the book I thought I'd take another look at > > Fox. In the past I'd always hit installation problems with Fox so the > > binary gem sounded promising. > > > I installed the current gem (fxruby (1.6.14)) but: > > > > > This is 10.5.2 with ports ruby: > > > Siona:~ matt$ ruby -v > > ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-23 patchlevel 110) [i686-darwin9.1.0] > > Right, the gem is intended for use with Apple's built-in Ruby for   > Leopard. If you're using MacPorts, however, I'd recommend just   > installing the port for FXRuby: > >         sudo port install rb-fxruby > > Hope this helps, > > Lyle > > --- > "FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby" > Now available from the Pragmatic Bookshelf!http://www.pragprog.com/titles/fxruby It seems as the more things change...you know the cliche. Back around 2003 or so I was trying to create production GUI apps using Ruby. I used (and still use) Ruby for a myriad of headless scripted apps. But for GUI apps I was left between Qt, Fox, Tk, Wx, and a few other more obscure toolkits (Widestudio e.g.). Besides the OO feel of the respective options one of the deciding factors was the availability of Ruby-specific English documentation. Back then I had to choose between deciphering Qt method calls into Ruby, interpreting Tk documentation for Ruby originally written in Japansese or else translating English docs meant for Python, etc. Don't get me wrong. Out of most all of the languages I've worked with I prefer to use Ruby for my "quick and dirty" work. But for RAD GUI development I still haven't found a drag and drop widget solution that comes close to Microsoft Visual Studio. Albeit using C# is like working with your hands tied behind your back compared to Ruby. If there's something out there for Ruby that comes close now I'd love to see it.