From: Roger Pack <lists@...>
Date: 2012-06-22T09:40:48+09:00
Subject: [ANN] simple_gui_creator 0.1.3 released

Hello all.  I would like to wish happy birthday to my simple_gui_creator
gem.

Basically it allows you to design your window layout using
(opinionated) ASCII art-like text:

---------------My Window Title--------------------------
| [Click this button      :button1]                    |
| [Click this button too! :button2]                    |
--------------------------------------------------------

And then bind button actions to ruby code, like:

  elements[:button1].on_clicked { puts 'you clicked button1' }

This makes the design part of the GUI much funner than trying to figure
it out by hand, or "guessing" what swing or shoes are going to actually
give you in the end.  Plus it even comes with its own "GUI Editor" for
experimenting with designs on the fly.

# if you don't have jruby yet installed:

$ rvm install jruby
$ rvm use jruby

# now install the gem.
$ gem install simple_gui_creator
$ jruby -S simple_gui_creator

Jruby only for now, but I'd be happy to implement another backend like
Tk or any other toolkit if there were interest.  So rvm install jruby
and then install the simple_gui
Feedback/feature requests/suggestions welcome.

Complete info:

https://github.com/rdp/ruby_simple_gui_creator/blob/master/README

Cheers, and happy GUI editing.
-roger-

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