From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-09-19T17:37:27+09:00
Subject: Re: How to do windows applications ?


"Simon Strandgaard" <qj5nd7l02@sneakemail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:pan.2003.09.18.20.36.56.418954@sneakemail.com...
> I am going to write a ruby application for a dog-school.
> They train dogs, do statistics of the dogs, etc..
> I use unix myself, but the application has to be available
> on offline windows machines (so an online webservice doesn't work).
>
> I would prefer a platform independent solution; bundling
> apache+mod_ruby+my future dog application.  But I see many loose ends:
> How to bundle these things together, so it will be
> installed as *one* application ?

Why do you want to use a web server if the machines are offline anyway?
Why not just create a Ruby/Tk (or other GUI toolkit) application?  If you
have a local network and need a centralized server then Ruby/Tk with DRB
might be an option, too.  If you want to go for a web application IMHO
bundling is not so important since you will install it only on one
machine.

> Question1: What modules do you use for windows applications ?

For web apps there's plenty of template frameworks out there, eruby,
amrita, ...

> Question2: Any hints to a unix-man, which has to write a windows
> application?

I'd say do it the same way as Unix applications: write it portable.  Use
such things as File.join, File.basename, File.dirname, File::SEPARATOR,
File::PATH_SEPARATOR etc.

Cheers

    robert