From: Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@...>
Date: 2008-04-21T01:38:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Database construction in Ruby

I think Ruby is a fine language for what you are proposing. The things I think
you need to do are (1) choose an existing database system to use as the storage
backend (PostgreSQL  is a good open source option), (2) choose a Ruby database/
ORM library (ActiveRecord, part of Rails but usable outside of it, is
pretty popular;
I'm personally fond of Sequel), and (3) choose a Ruby GUI toolkit (FXRuby would
be my choice; there is a good book out which covers it well, its
cross-platform, and
it should do what you need.)

I wouldn't try to do the storage layer from scratch: its a big and
critical task,
and unless there is some reason the existing solutions don't work for you, not a
risk that it is necessary or probaby worthwhile to take on.