From: Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>
Date: 2002-07-25T19:13:56+09:00
Subject: Re: GUI's and the Rouge, Part III (yes, finally) 1/2

On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 11:17:48AM +0900, Chris Gehlker wrote:
> > I think he's trying to make the generation of the View and Controller
> > parts mostly automatic.
> 
> But Massimiliano, isn't the view part mostly automated anyway? I don't know
> about other platforms but I thought they all had things like PowerPlant and
> Interface Builder.

Uhm, I don't know those, what are they?  

Also, I don't know if we're referring to the same thing.  With `view
part mostly automated' do you mean GUI handling or GUI generation?

BTW, the only time I provided a ruby app with a GUI was through
`window = Gtk::Window.new' etc., and it wasn't the most exciting thing
in the world to do.  I knew about libglade, but laying out with a
mouse isn't that much better than laying out with a keyboard,
especially for a console junkie like me ;^).  And oddly enough, I
don't miss the 2+ years of GUI design in Borland Delphi (where I was
even writing my own widgets).

I guess I just lack the mental cycles needed to follow up each change
in the model with a change in the GUI, thus the idea idea that some
code might does most of it for me is appealing.  I also use
DocBook/SGML and LaTeX for writing, where you create the meaning and
`it' creates the appearance, instead of word processors, so this must
be a personal trend. :-)


Massimiliano