# Ruby GUI? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [6 August 2007 14:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703 "2007-08-06T14:05:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EVman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@EVman](https://rubytalk.org/u/EVman)\ **Post date:** [6 August 2007 14:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703/1 "2007-08-06T14:05:37Z")
I am just playing with Ruby at the moment, although seriously enough to buy a couple of books, so I am still in the command line learning mode (on Linux). I was wondering what Ruby folks use to build gui apps. I notice that TK sort of supports Ruby, but I haven't found much documentation on that yet. Possibly QT? Anybody? Thanks EVMan ---
**Author:** ![gregarican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@gregarican](https://rubytalk.org/u/gregarican)\ **Post date:** [6 August 2007 14:09 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703/2 "2007-08-06T14:09:58Z")
There's Tk, Qt, GTK, Fox, Wx, and other more obscure widget sets. Like WideStudio. If you search through the Ruby Application Archive you can scope some of these out. As for the best, it depends on your preferences --- lightweight versus heavyweight, more object oriented versus more primitive, etc. > **···** > > On Aug 6, 10:04 am, EVman \ wrote: > > > I am just playing with Ruby at the moment, although seriously enough to > > buy a couple of books, so I am still in the command line learning mode (on > > Linux). > > > > I was wondering what Ruby folks use to build gui apps. I notice that TK > > sort of supports Ruby, but I haven't found much documentation on that yet. > > Possibly QT? > > > > Anybody? > > > > Thanks > > EVMan ---
**Author:** ![Stefano\_Crocco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Stefano\_Crocco](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stefano_Crocco)\ **Post date:** [6 August 2007 14:13 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703/3 "2007-08-06T14:13:30Z")
Alle lunedì 6 agosto 2007, EVman ha scritto: > I am just playing with Ruby at the moment, although seriously enough to > buy a couple of books, so I am still in the command line learning mode (on > Linux). > > I was wondering what Ruby folks use to build gui apps. I notice that TK > sort of supports Ruby, but I haven't found much documentation on that yet. > Possibly QT? > > Anybody? > > Thanks > EVMan There are very good ruby bindings for Qt, both 3 and 4 and also for KDE 3, if you're interested in it. The project is at [http://rubyforge.org/projects/korundum\](http://rubyforge.org/projects/korundum%5C). Regarding documentation, you can use the documentation provided for the C++ Qt library, looking at the site [http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ruby/index.html](http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ruby/index.html) for the peculiarities of the ruby version of the library. Stefano ---
**Author:** ![Reid\_Thompson1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Reid\_Thompson1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Reid_Thompson1)\ **Post date:** [6 August 2007 15:23 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703/4 "2007-08-06T15:23:15Z")
EVman wrote: > I am just playing with Ruby at the moment, although seriously enough to > buy a couple of books, so I am still in the command line learning mode (on > Linux). > > I was wondering what Ruby folks use to build gui apps. I notice that TK > sort of supports Ruby, but I haven't found much documentation on that yet. > Possibly QT? > > Anybody? > > Thanks > EVMan [http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/](http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/) > **···** > > -- > View this message in context: [http://www.nabble.com/Ruby-GUI--tf4224342.html#a12018239](http://www.nabble.com/Ruby-GUI--tf4224342.html#a12018239) > Sent from the ruby-talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---
**Author:** ![Kenneth\_McDonald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kenneth\_McDonald](https://rubytalk.org/u/Kenneth_McDonald)\ **Post date:** [6 August 2007 17:26 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703/5 "2007-08-06T17:26:00Z")
I'd suggest JRuby/Swing, for crossplatform compatibility. Ken EVman wrote: > **···** > > > I am just playing with Ruby at the moment, although seriously enough to > > buy a couple of books, so I am still in the command line learning mode (on > > Linux). > > > > I was wondering what Ruby folks use to build gui apps. I notice that TK > > sort of supports Ruby, but I haven't found much documentation on that yet. > > Possibly QT? > > > > Anybody? > > > > Thanks > > EVMan ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Phelan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Brad\_Phelan1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Brad_Phelan1)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2007 08:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703/6 "2007-08-07T08:25:03Z")
EVman wrote: > I am just playing with Ruby at the moment, although seriously enough to > buy a couple of books, so I am still in the command line learning mode (on > Linux). > > I was wondering what Ruby folks use to build gui apps. I notice that TK > sort of supports Ruby, but I haven't found much documentation on that yet. > Possibly QT? > > Anybody? > > Thanks > EVMan Try on some shoes from \_why! Ultra simple little gui toolkit that seems great for learning. [http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes](http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes) > **···** > > -- > Brad Phelan > [http://xtargets.com](http://xtargets.com) ---
**Author:** ![gregarican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@gregarican](https://rubytalk.org/u/gregarican)\ **Post date:** [6 August 2007 14:15 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703/7 "2007-08-06T14:15:13Z")
Forgot to give my $0.02 US. Personally the Qt widget set fit my way of development the best. For Windows it can be more restrictive (license wise) and tougher to work with using Ruby (compiling) but it seemed to do the job... > **···** > > On Aug 6, 10:07 am, gregarican \ wrote: > > > On Aug 6, 10:04 am, EVman \ wrote: > > > > \> I am just playing with Ruby at the moment, although seriously enough to > > \> buy a couple of books, so I am still in the command line learning mode (on > > \> Linux). > > > > \> I was wondering what Ruby folks use to build gui apps. I notice that TK > > \> sort of supports Ruby, but I haven't found much documentation on that yet. > > \> Possibly QT? > > > > \> Anybody? > > > > \> Thanks > > \> EVMan > > > > There's Tk, Qt, GTK, Fox, Wx, and other more obscure widget sets. Like > > WideStudio. If you search through the Ruby Application Archive you can > > scope some of these out. As for the best, it depends on your > > preferences --- lightweight versus heavyweight, more object oriented > > versus more primitive, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Phlip1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@Phlip1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Phlip1)\ **Post date:** [9 August 2007 01:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-gui/39703/8 "2007-08-09T01:43:13Z")
> Try on some shoes from \_why! Ultra simple little gui toolkit that > seems great for learning. > > [http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes](http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes) Hmm. Now how to make it work like an iPhone? ... (-; > **···** > > -- >   Phlip >   [Test Driven Ajax (on Rails) [Book]](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/) >   "Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)" >   assert\_xpath, assert\_javascript, & assert\_ajax