CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2013/ch1a c ct

Overview

Ruby as a programming language has gained popularity in recent years, mainly due to the Rails web framework. There actually exists quite a few graphical user interface toolkits/frameworks for Ruby so that desktop GUI applications can be created. Two previous articles have made detailed comparisons between different toolkits by looking at various factors such as ease of installation, documentation, look and feel, and difficulty of usage. This article will give updates on GUI toolkits that has developed since the previous articles were written, as well as discuss any toolkits that were not present in the previous articles.

GUI Toolkits for Ruby in Recent Years

Most popular toolkits at the time remain popular choices today. The Ruby Toolbox, a website that tracks the popularity of Ruby related tools by usage in open source projects, has a list of several toolkits under its "GUI Frameworks" category. The ranking in current popularity of GUI toolkits is as follows:

Shoes FXRuby WxRuby QtBindings Ruby/GTK2 monkeybars

Visual Ruby

Visualruby is designed to simplify the process of adding a GTK+ windows to Ruby applications. It is also designed to completely integrate with the Glade user interface designer.

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