Desktop development is about 10 times simpler than web development. Learn it and you will become a better web developer as you transfer the simplicity of desktop development to the web!
Glimmer DSL for SWT (Free & Open-Source JRuby Desktop Development GUI Framework) Video Tutorial 24 is out! It walks software engineers through the Hello, Canvas Data-Binding! sample.
The code can be found at this blog post:
Happy Glimmering!