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asimkon
asimkon

Reputation: 945

Ruby programming in Qt Framework

I need a GUI cross platform library to build a Ruby DB app via MySQL. In order to be more clear, i need something similar to this (Qt Widgets) especially the Advanced Widget part such as QTableView. I know that this could be done (programming in Qt Framework via C++ or Python) and there are many books written on Amazon! (Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt and others).

Is there any similar support regarding Ruby in order to develop in Qt framework using Ruby instead of C++ or Python?

Regards

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1947

Answers (1)

7stud
7stud

Reputation: 48599

Sadly, support for GUI programming in ruby has waned over the years.

wxRuby: Alex Fenton used to maintain wxRuby, but no more (wx was always my first choice of GUI flavors in whatever language I was using), and hackers trashed the wxRuby wiki.

Shoes: When its creator Why disappeared, it sort of languished for awhile, then it was resurrected in different colors: Red Shoes, Green shoes. But, it's not a full featured GUI toolkit, and I've generally been disappointed with its appearance on OSX.

Tk/Tkinter: It's part of the Ruby Standard Library. The Tk docs also have examples in Ruby: http://www.tkdocs.com/tutorial/firstexample.html

Qt: In the past, I've avoided Qt because of the restrictive licensing, but I think the licensing has gotten more liberal over the years, and recently I had a play with it in python. As for Qt in ruby, I've used the Ruby Qt tutorial several times here: http://zetcode.com/gui/rubyqt/, but that's pretty old. I don't remember there being any other Qt resources in ruby.

Also, beware: that python Qt book is also old. On amazon, it says the book was published in 2015, but amazon also says it's the 1st edition, and I know that book has been around a lot longer than that. So, I looked it up, and the first edition was published in 2007. I don't know why amazon is listing 2015 as the publication date. You can also check the dates on the amazon reviews, which go back to 2007. I don’t know if 2015 is the date of a reprint and it was out of print for awhile or what. Ah, I think I know what's going on: the original was a hardback, and the 2015 version is paperback. False advertising at its finest.

Upvotes: 3

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