From: Wslt Wslt Date: 2008-12-13T23:11:43+09:00 Subject: please, help to start... for a desktop application... Hello everybody, I would really like to start the best way. I studied some Java in the past but when I met ruby I really loved it, and now I should like to learn and do well. Could you help me suggesting your favorite way for a desktop application? I would be happy to hear from you... Let me tell you about the application I would need... It's a desktop application for management which... - should be a "window" application for data-insert, and for producing and managing documentation starting based on those data - client/server - producing (and viewing) pdf (maybe doc/odt) reports which should be saved locally and uploaded via ftp - installable as compiled on windows (and may be in the future on linux/mac) - hem, it would released as proprietary code... - should be "protected" with activation code (this is very important) and/or periodic check through a connection to a server I know that proprietary code is not very adherent to ruby philosophy... but I hope that new applications could anyway help the spreading of the language... Maybe that different technologies could be considered for a proprietary code, but I really like ruby... I hope my questions are asked in the right manner and communicate the right feeling, English is not my original language... Thank you very much wslt -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.