From: David Mullet <david.mullet@...>
Date: 2010-07-09T10:26:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Standalone Ruby executable with GUI

Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
> I have been using Ruby in a Rails environment.
> 
> Now I would like to create a (fairly simple) standalone application and 
> I would love to hear suggestions as to the best environment and tools 
> for my problem. Cross platform would be nice but Windows is a must. 
> Development on Windows is a must.
> 
> 
> The core problem is fairly simple: Have the user select a file or a 
> directory.  If the user selects a directory, spit out a list of all 
> files and subdirectories in the selected directory.
> 
> Of course there is more to it ... but that's the core problem.
> 
> 
> 
> My Google search shows that there are several solutions to creating a 
> standalone executable.
> 
> Exerb, RubyScript2Exe, and AllInOneRuby are the ones that seem to come 
> up the most.
> 
> 
> 
> Then there is the added complication of slapping a GUI onto Ruby.
> 
> Suggestions as to a simple/powerful GUI that could be used in a 
> standalone environment would, of course, be appreciated by me and, I 
> presume, others in the same boat.
> 
> Ralph Shnelvar

On Windows, I've had good results using wxRuby as the GUI. I used to use 
RubyScript2Exe to create the standalone executables but have more 
recently been using Ocra.

  http://github.com/larsch/ocra/

David

http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com

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