From: Manuel Souto pico <m.soutopico@...>
Date: 2009-08-11T18:27:25+09:00
Subject: Use Ruby to create Win executable?

Hi,

I would like to post a general question about the convenience of using
Ruby to program a simple application consisting of an interface where
the user inputs some options and that interacts with another program's
API to create some files.

I'll be doing this in Windows, by the way. I have Cygwin too.

I was suggested using VBScript to create a HTA application, because it's
easy to program and easy to run, but I wanted to give Ruby a chance
first. Java would be okay too but it take me much longer to learn.

So here are my questions (1 and 2 are the important ones):

1. I think it's entirely possible to create a GUI with Ruby (either with
Ruby itself or with Shoes). Is this right? (I'm more familiar with
writing Perl scripts that I execute on the command-line, I have no
experience with writing GUI).

2. I think it's possible to convert the final program to a executable
file that I can distribute to Windows users for them to run the program
without the need to install Ruby first. Is this right? How should I do
that? How well does it work?

3. A subjective, optional question, for whoever feels like answering and
thinks they're not too biased. How do you think Ruby compares to
VBScript in terms of both difficulty to learn from scratch and
usefulness once you learnt? I only know some perl and php.
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