# JRuby and Netbeans Matisse GUI builder **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 14, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-and-netbeans-matisse-gui-builder/112044 "2007-08-14T16:58:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-and-netbeans-matisse-gui-builder/112044/1 "2007-08-14T16:58:27Z")
Hello everyone! Netbeans 6 adds some excellent Ruby/JRuby support and it’s quite easy to create swing GUI components directly in JRuby code now. The Matisse GUI builder produces Java code that looks like it could be fairly easily converted to Ruby code, making Netbeans a possible way of developing desktop GUI apps in Ruby. Has anybody thought about writing a program that can convert Matisse’s output to Ruby? Or possibly extending Matisse to support Ruby code generation directly? It looks like that support may be added by Sun anyway at a later stage, but perhaps someone would like to start working on a head start. I am thinking of looking at the code but was wondering if I’d be duplicating effort. Les ---
**Author:** ![leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-and-netbeans-matisse-gui-builder/112044/2 "2007-08-14T17:28:29Z")
Is it out of beta? I’m using NB6 beta for my home-ruby projects, and eclipse for my work ruby projects (Though I’m becoming far more enamored with NB). ---
**Author:** ![leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-and-netbeans-matisse-gui-builder/112044/3 "2007-08-14T19:53:46Z")
On 8/14/07, Kyle S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is it out of beta? I’m using NB6 beta for my home-ruby projects, and > eclipse for my work ruby projects (Though I’m becoming far more > enamored with NB). No it’s at Milestone 10. I am getting a bit ahead of myself in the excitement! Les ---
**Author:** ![leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-and-netbeans-matisse-gui-builder/112044/4 "2007-08-15T09:08:46Z")
On 8/14/07, James M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Do those milestones mean anything to anyone? I just download the > latest binaries from [http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/](http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/) > regularly (usually daily, but not always). > > - James Good to know! Do you just keep downloading the Ruby modules? ---
**Author:** ![leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-and-netbeans-matisse-gui-builder/112044/5 "2007-08-14T21:12:58Z")
Do those milestones mean anything to anyone? I just download the latest binaries from [http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/](http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/) regularly (usually daily, but not always). - James ---
**Author:** ![leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 9:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-and-netbeans-matisse-gui-builder/112044/6 "2007-08-15T09:27:47Z")
Leslie V. wrote: > On 8/14/07, James M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Do those milestones mean anything to anyone? I just download the > > latest binaries from [http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/](http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/) > > regularly (usually daily, but not always). > > > > - James > > Good to know! Do you just keep downloading the Ruby modules? There’s some discussion on using the “cluster” bits from the Hudson build page here: [http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/RubyInstallation](http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/RubyInstallation) I mostly just grab the full daily builds of NetBeans myself, but that’s mainly because I also want the Java IDE support and the steady stream of post-M10 bug fixes. - Charlie ---
**Author:** ![leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-and-netbeans-matisse-gui-builder/112044/7 "2007-08-15T16:59:59Z")
I always take the full IDE - I figure NetBeans is changing everywhere, not just Ruby, and I want the most up-to-date version. Right now I’m running [http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/ruby/rubyide/dist/netbeans-rubyide-hudson-3357.zip](http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/ruby/rubyide/dist/netbeans-rubyide-hudson-3357.zip) - James