From: Ruby Student <ruby.student@...>
Date: 2010-01-11T03:40:35+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby GUI debacle

Thank you to everyone that already posted and answer.

If at all possible, I would like a cross-platform package!


On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Ruby Student <ruby.student@gmail.com> wrote:
> Team,
>
> I truly hate to bring this subject back to the forum, as it is like
> killing a dead horse! But I can't help it, as my frustration keeps on
> growing!
>
> I am a Ruby, kind of, newbie. I've been in and out of Ruby many times
> for a few years now.
> I am sure that I and other people (I think) could be using Ruby more
> often if there were a "simple" GUI development environment. I put
> simple in quote because I understand that it is a very subjective
> word.
> In the past I experimented with several GUI toolkits, which I know are
> excellent GUI toolkit bindings for ruby, including: Qt, Gtk, Wx, Fox
> and Tk. I also played or tried playing with Monkeybars with Netbeans
> and JRuby; and Shoes. Against my free will I was willing to give it a
> try to IronRuby and  Ruby on Steel.
>
> As you can read I have been looking for a "simple" GUI environment
> where I don't have to "draw" the widgets. I would like to get a GUI
> programming environment where I can drag&drop widgets (diaglog box,
> drop-down list, Etc., Etc.) on a pane and then just worry about the
> programming part to handle or react to the events generated by the
> widgets! I hate to say, but something like VB.
>
> I actually thought that Monkeybars was the answer to my prayers, but I
> guess I did not prayed loud enough or perhaps I need to offer
> sacrifices to the GUI Toolkits gods. The point is that Monkeybars was
> so involved that I went through the tutorial once or twice and then
> gave up.
> The WX people are nice enough to offer help. But I don't want to
> impose on anyone. To compound my problem I find most tutorials
> outdated and many times not explicit enough for beginners.
>
> I also, naively, thought that since IronRuby was from MS, perhaps they
> would have a nice drag&drop GUI design IDE.
>
> If anyone knows an IDE where I can use drag&drop to create GUI appls
> in Ruby/Jruby/IronRuby/AnyRuby, please let me know. I am willing to
> purchase a commercial package, if available.
>
> Thank you for reaching this part of my note, unless you jumped around,
> which is OK also!
>
>
> --
> Ruby Student
>
>



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Ruby Student