# Simple GUI framework - nothing fancy

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-gui-framework-nothing-fancy/189333>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 28, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-gui-framework-nothing-fancy/189333 "2010-05-28T22:42:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leveille)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-gui-framework-nothing-fancy/189333/1 "2010-05-28T22:42:57Z")

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I’m looking for a very basic GUI framework that would be useful for  
beginners in the world of GUIs but not beginners to programming  
necessarily. Something that would be very easy and clean for setting up  
basic windows to run numeric programs.

I keep hearing about Shoes. Would that be a good option?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leveille)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-gui-framework-nothing-fancy/189333/2 "2010-05-29T01:18:12Z")

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On May 28, 4:43 pm, Jason L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I’m looking for a very basic GUI framework that would be useful for  
> beginners in the world of GUIs but not beginners to programming  
> necessarily. Something that would be very easy and clean for setting up  
> basic windows to run numeric programs.
> 
> I keep hearing about Shoes. Would that be a good option?

Yes.