From: Seebs Date: 2010-05-03T15:20:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Main working window for Ruby is DOS? On 2010-05-03, Kaye Ng wrote: > Thanks guys. I want to make a program for the company I'm working for. > It's a manufacturing company. Anyway, are you guys saying that I should > download Netbean or any similar software and make it work with Ruby so I > could come up with the program I need? Not really. If you really want a form-builder type thing, I guess I would recommend a language for which that's the preferred or native style. > Currently the company is using a program developed from Clipper. It's > really old, like since the 80's. I want to make a similar program using > Ruby. I know it's possible, but I'm thinking when they made the program > with Clipper, surely they didn't have to integrate the Clipper with > another software like Netbean? Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Here's the thing. Software like Netbeans, or Visual Studio, is *COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY*. You don't need it to write programs. You don't need some kind of "form builder" to make an interface. However. If you are at a stage of experience as a programmer such that this is not immediately obvious to you, you should either budget substantial time (weeks to months) for learning how to program, or pick a tool that's more aimed at the sort of one-off stuff that VB and Clipper are intended for. Or hire a more experienced programmer to do the work. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!