FXRuby is one of the many GUI toolkits for Ruby. A new book has now been published to help developers get started writing Ruby GUIs with FXRuby: "FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby".
The book excerpt is an exclusive sample chapter of the Book "Chapter 8: Building Simple Widgets", which gives a introduction to basic GUI building.
The linked article also contains an in depth interview with the books author, Lyle Johnson. The interview touches on topics such as
The book excerpt is an exclusive sample chapter of the Book "Chapter 8: Building Simple Widgets", which gives a introduction to basic GUI building.
The linked article also contains an in depth interview with the books author, Lyle Johnson. The interview touches on topics such as
- how FXRuby is tied to the underlying native FOX toolkit
- how FXRuby deals with keeping GUIs responsive in light of Ruby 1.8.x userspace threads
- what makes FXRuby very compelling to use
- and more