What GUI toolkit do you use and why?

Ruby
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Well I have developed GUIs in Python using wxPython so I am not too new
to GUI building but I was wondering which GUI toolkit do you guys use? I
have googled GUI toolkits and I am pretty impressed with the “fxRuby”
toolkit but which ones do you guys suggest?

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Hey Y. wrote:

Well I have developed GUIs in Python using wxPython so I am not too new
to GUI building but I was wondering which GUI toolkit do you guys use?

This thread comes up fairly frequently; it’s worth searching the list
archives, though bear in mind that some posts may be out of date now.

If you’ve used wxPython before, you might consider wxRuby
(http://wxruby.rubyforge.org) which is a binding to the same library.
Historically it has been less mature and complete than other bindings
but has had a lot of development over the past twelve months.

have googled GUI toolkits and I am pretty impressed with the “fxRuby”
toolkit but which ones do you guys suggest?

fxRuby is widely used and is a robust port; QtRuby and Ruby-gtk are both
excellent GUI toolkits for ruby. They all have strengths and weaknesses
and in the end it will depend on your criteria; things you might
consider:

  • documentation and samples
  • the aesthetics and behaviour of the toolkit on different platforms
  • range of widgets, particularly the ones you definitely need
  • maturity, stability and completeness
  • community and development activity
  • style of the API
  • ease of installation on different platforms

hth
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Hey Y. wrote:

Well I have developed GUIs in Python using wxPython so I am not too new
to GUI building but I was wondering which GUI toolkit do you guys use? I
have googled GUI toolkits and I am pretty impressed with the “fxRuby”
toolkit but which ones do you guys suggest?

which:
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi

why:
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?ruby-glade-create-template
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Ruby-GNOME2+API+Reference
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?tutorials
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Samples