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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: Ruby GUI with IDE
From:       "Leslie Viljoen" <leslieviljoen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-11-12 7:43:46
Message-ID: f204810a0611112343je385f6dn4838294f8f2f218a () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 11/12/06, David Vallner <david@vallner.net> wrote:
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> > David Vallner wrote:
> >> AliasX Neo wrote:
> >>
> >>> Windows users, what do you do to develop GUI's for Ruby?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Handcode / use Python.
> >>
> >> David Vallner
> >>
> >>
> > Use commercial Microsoft tools, just like they teach you about in the
> > Microsoft Certification courses
> >
> > <ducking>
> >
>
> You're evil. So very evil.
>
> (And unfortunately right. MSVS+VB6 by far holds the record in
> approachable RAD GUIs. Of abysmal quality, but oh, the quantity and
> sheer scope of people making them.)

I think Visual Studio 2005 is great. Controls on forms are pixel
positioned, but you can anchor any side so that they can be resized,
and it's a quick thing to set minimum and maximum sizes. If you anchor
opposite sides, the control resizes itself as its container resizes.
It's very easy to design and seems to work well. I could never get
used to the pain of the X-Windows way, with inserting all kinds of
sizers and spacers that don't seem to need to be there. What is the
advantage over the MS way?

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