# Desktop Application **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 1, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808 "2008-02-01T14:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/1 "2008-02-01T14:04:56Z")
Hello Everyone, Can we make desktop application with ruby? If yes then how? I searched many of sites but exact result of this question i did not received. I didnot find any demo or book regarding desktop application with ruby. Please help me. Thanx ---
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/2 "2008-02-01T14:15:42Z")
On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Hemlata G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello Everyone, Heya! > Can we make desktop application with ruby? If yes then how? I searched > many of sites but exact result of this question i did not received. I > didnot find any demo or book regarding desktop application with ruby. What do you exactly mean? Do you want to develop application with Graphical User Interfaces(GUIs)? If so, yes you can. There are many libraries for that: - Shoes - Gtk - Qt - wxRuby - FXRuby So far I only tried FXRuby and I like with some minor problem which I run into and I didn’t explore them further, so it is highly possible that I just didn’t do it right 🙂 Or do you mean creating executables? If that’s it, yes you can use Ruby2Exe to create .exe files which will run on Linux, OSX and Windows(if you create them on each system). There are also bindings to the WinAPI and to OLE objects(e.g. automate MSExcel), if that’s what you’re searching. The good thing about Ruby? It is a lot of fun to use each of them. Regards, Thomas ---
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/3 "2008-02-01T18:21:01Z")
On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 22:04 +0900, Hemlata G. wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Can we make desktop application with ruby? If yes then how? I searched > many of sites but exact result of this question i did not received. I > didnot find any demo or book regarding desktop application with ruby. > Please help me. > > Thanx [http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?RubyZilla](http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?RubyZilla) > **[The source of https://ruby-gnome.github.io/](https://ruby-gnome.github.io/)** > > The source of https://ruby-gnome.github.io/ ---
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/4 "2008-02-01T19:08:59Z")
Hemlata G. wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Can we make desktop application with ruby? If yes then how? I searched > many of sites but exact result of this question i did not received. I > didnot find any demo or book regarding desktop application with ruby. > Please help me. Look into using JRuby with Monkeybars. [http://monkeybars.rubyforge.org/](http://monkeybars.rubyforge.org/) – James B. “In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.” - R. Feynman ---
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/5 "2008-02-02T06:36:58Z")
Reid T. wrote: > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 22:04 +0900, Hemlata G. wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Can we make desktop application with ruby? If yes then how? I searched > > many of sites but exact result of this question i did not received. I > > didnot find any demo or book regarding desktop application with ruby. > > Please help me. > > > > Thanx > > [http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?RubyZilla](http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?RubyZilla) > > [http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/](http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/) Thanks, I will go further. ---
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/6 "2008-02-02T08:47:10Z")
Hemlata G. wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Can we make desktop application with ruby? If yes then how? I searched > many of sites but exact result of this question i did not received. I > didnot find any demo or book regarding desktop application with ruby. > Please help me. > > Thanx * * * Hi Hemlata, Pl. keep an eye on IronRuby. With IronRuby you can easily create all deskptop applications as well as web applications. Microsoft is currently porting Ruby and Ruby on Rails to .Net platform, and within 2 months you will be able to work just like C# and [Vb.Net](http://Vb.Net) with Ruby taking full advantage. Have a look at IronRuby section in this forums. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/7 "2008-02-02T08:52:19Z")
Softmind T. wrote: > Hemlata G. wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Can we make desktop application with ruby? If yes then how? I searched > > many of sites but exact result of this question i did not received. I > > didnot find any demo or book regarding desktop application with ruby. > > Please help me. > > > > Thanx > > * * * > > Hi Hemlata, > > Pl. keep an eye on IronRuby. With IronRuby you can easily create all > deskptop applications as well as web applications. > > Microsoft is currently porting Ruby and Ruby on Rails to .Net platform, > and within 2 months you will be able to work just like C# and [Vb.Net](http://Vb.Net) > with Ruby taking full advantage. > > Have a look at IronRuby section in this forums. > > Cheers! Hello Softmind Thanks for your support. ---
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/8 "2008-02-18T05:21:10Z")
On Feb 1, 2008 5:04 AM, Hemlata G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Can we make desktop application with ruby? If yes then how? I searched > many of sites but exact result of this question i did not received. I > didnot find any demo or book regarding desktop application with ruby. > Please help me. A lot of people have suggested each of the major GUI toolkits. If you need a book, the Pragmatic Programmers have a beta available of their upcoming book on FXRuby. Also, for something out of the ordinary for desktop application development, check out Shoes at [http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes/](http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes/) ---
**Author:** ![hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@hemlata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemlata)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desktop-application/127808/9 "2008-02-18T05:00:38Z")
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