From: matt_neuburg@... (Matt Neuburg)
Date: 2009-07-11T01:15:15+09:00
Subject: Re: can we develop desktop application

Rajkumar Surabhi <mailtorajuit@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is ruby for developing web based applications only
> 
> or can we develop desktop applications with ruby.
> If we do how can we do that.

Depends what you mean by desktop. Ruby is a scripting language. You can
run a Ruby script on your local machine. To me, that's a desktop
application! It is true that Ruby became famous through Ruby on Rails,
which makes web applications, but that's just a kind of accident.

If you mean a GUI application (something double-clickable with an
interface), then how you incorporate Ruby depends on what platform
you're using. There are various cross-platform solutions, which others
have already mentioned. If you are aiming at just one platform, there
may be other solutions for that platform. For example, on Mac OS X,
you'd want to look at MacRuby. m.