From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-04-11T12:12:23+09:00
Subject: Re: FXRuby versus Tk

gregarican wrote:
> On Apr 10, 8:51 am, Lyle Johnson <l...@lylejohnson.name> 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:
>> <boom>
>>
>>> 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.

In the Linux world, there's KDevelop/Korundum/Kommander, all built on 
top of Qt/QtDesigner. But I don't know how portable an app built with 
that toolset would be to Windows or a Mac.
> 
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