Standalone Ruby executable with GUI

Ruby
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I have been using Ruby in a Rails environment.

Now I would like to create a (fairly simple) standalone application and
I would love to hear suggestions as to the best environment and tools
for my problem. Cross platform would be nice but Windows is a must.
Development on Windows is a must.

The core problem is fairly simple: Have the user select a file or a
directory. If the user selects a directory, spit out a list of all
files and subdirectories in the selected directory.

Of course there is more to it … but that’s the core problem.

My Google search shows that there are several solutions to creating a
standalone executable.

Exerb, RubyScript2Exe, and AllInOneRuby are the ones that seem to come
up the most.

Then there is the added complication of slapping a GUI onto Ruby.

Suggestions as to a simple/powerful GUI that could be used in a
standalone environment would, of course, be appreciated by me and, I
presume, others in the same boat.

Ralph S.

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Hi Ralph,

You might want to look here for choosing a GUI framework:
http://wiki.github.com/rdp/ruby_talk_faq/ruby-gui-toolkit-comparison/15

skim

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Re[2]: Standalone Ruby executable with GUI

s> Hi Ralph,


s> You might want to look here for choosing a GUI framework:

s> http://wiki.github.com/rdp/ruby_talk_faq/ruby-gui-toolkit-comparison/15



s> skim



Wow ... what a great pointer.    Thanks!


Now ... which one do _you_ use ... if any?


And which one is best in terms of creating a standalone executable?

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Now I would like to create a (fairly simple) standalone application and
I would love to hear suggestions as to the best environment and tools
for my problem. Cross platform would be nice but Windows is a must.
Development on Windows is a must.

Recommend Jruby (some GUI framework or other) + rawr for packaging.
Though it appears that there are several viable options.
http://wiki.github.com/rdp/ruby_tutorials_core/ruby-talk-faq#ruby_to_exe

-r

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“David M.” [email protected] wrote:
On Windows, I’ve had good results using wxRuby as the GUI. I used to use
RubyScript2Exe to create the standalone executables but have more
recently been using Ocra.
GitHub - larsch/ocra: One-Click Ruby Application Builder

Hello Ralph and David:

I’ve had good success with wxRuby too.

FYI, here’s a little quickstart page for Ocra that someone mentioned in
a
previous thread:

Michael

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Ralph S. wrote:

I have been using Ruby in a Rails environment.

Now I would like to create a (fairly simple) standalone application and
I would love to hear suggestions as to the best environment and tools
for my problem. Cross platform would be nice but Windows is a must.
Development on Windows is a must.

The core problem is fairly simple: Have the user select a file or a
directory. If the user selects a directory, spit out a list of all
files and subdirectories in the selected directory.

Of course there is more to it … but that’s the core problem.

My Google search shows that there are several solutions to creating a
standalone executable.

Exerb, RubyScript2Exe, and AllInOneRuby are the ones that seem to come
up the most.

Then there is the added complication of slapping a GUI onto Ruby.

Suggestions as to a simple/powerful GUI that could be used in a
standalone environment would, of course, be appreciated by me and, I
presume, others in the same boat.

Ralph S.

On Windows, I’ve had good results using wxRuby as the GUI. I used to use
RubyScript2Exe to create the standalone executables but have more
recently been using Ocra.

GitHub - larsch/ocra: One-Click Ruby Application Builder

David