FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby
Reviewed by Robert Pritchett
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Authors: Lyle
Johnson
http://www.pragprog.com/titles/fxruby/fxruby
Released: April
2008
$37 USD
Pages: 240
ISDN 13: 9871934356074
Strengths: The app
that allows Graphical User Interfaces in Rails.
Weaknesses: None
found.
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Introduction
FXRuby is a highly object-oriented toolkit for building
lean, mean, cross-platform graphical user interfaces in Ruby. Since its initial
release in 2001, FXRuby has become one of the most popular GUI choices for Ruby
developers. This book is your best resource for rapidly learning how to develop
powerful, sophisticated GUIs in your favorite programming language. If youÕre a
newcomer to GUI programming, this book will introduce you to the basics of
FXRuby programming by leading you through building a GUI application with
FXRuby from start to finish. If youÕre an experienced software developer who
just needs to get up to speed on FXRuby and what it can do for you, this book
will help you put FXRuby to work in your Ruby-based applications. Along the
way, youÕll learn how to leverage FXRubyÕs vast collection of user interface
elements to build visually rich user interfaces. YouÕll see how FXRuby uses the
concept of sending messages between objects to implement eventdriven
applications, and how you can most effectively use layout managers to construct
flexible user interfaces. Go beyond the basics with proven, practical knowledge
and techniques for developing real-world GUI programs in Ruby.
What I Learned
Graphics? Ruby? Yes, they can co-exist and do so through
FXRuby – http://www.fox-toolkit.org.
Conclusions
Learn how to do graphics inside Ruby.
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