From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-11-16T14:19:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Advice on setup on Mac

Robert Gleeson wrote:
>> - Which version of Ruby to use? NetBeans shows a jRuby install +
>> 1.8.6. Pros/cons of 1.9.1 for my usage?
>> 
> If you're on OSX, why not try MacRuby?
> http://www.macruby.org

Why bother?  The Ruby 1.8.7 interpreter that comes with Leopard and 
later is perfectly adequate, unless you specifically want 1.9.

> 
>> - What tool / gems to use for GUI (Tk? Shoes? Other?
>> 
> Use the cocoa framework :-) Tightly integrated into macruby, and has a 
> nice abstract layer called 'hotcocoa' that makes writing cocoa very 
> rubyish.

Again, probably not.  This is not my area of expertise, but I think most 
people use RubyCocoa for cocoa development.

Of course, that only works for Mac (and maybe GnuStep) apps.  I'm 
working on a cross-platform app now with JRuby and Monkeybars.

> 
>> - What tool / gems to use for games (Gosu? Chingu? other?)
>> 
> Not too sure to be honest, I haven't written any games.
> 

Nor have I.

[...]
> Hope this helps,
> Rob

Best,
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