From: Huw Collingbourne <huw@...>
Date: 2008-05-01T05:33:59+09:00
Subject: Re: What are the weaknesses in Ruby?

Regarding GUI/user interfaces. There are many ways in which Ruby can be 
provided with a snazzy front-end. To take two examples which I've used 
myself.

1) Link Ruby to some other language/framework. That's what our free Ruby 
Connector does. You can write and design all the user interface stuff in 
.NET (C#, say, or VB) and run Ruby at the back-end...

http://www.sapphiresteel.com/SapphireSteel-Downloads

2) Or if you want a cross-platform GUI, how about Adobe Flex/Flash? I' 
ve just put a simple tutorial online explaining the basics of Flex+Ruby 
On Rails. This is a web app but in principle I can't see why you 
couldn't use Flex as a front-end for either an embedded Flash app (i.e. 
Flash embedded into an app written in a compiled language such as C#, 
Delphi etc.) or as a cross-platform standalone using Adobe's new AIR...

http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-On-Rails-With-Flex

best wishes
Huw Collingbourne

SapphireSteel Software
Ruby and Rails In Visual Studio
http://www.sapphiresteel.com
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