Whatever Happened to Desktop Development in Ruby?
summary
Ruby desktop options get compared by what actually runs and what’s missing: Shoes: two layouts, 2D animation, bundles its own Ruby but lacks table widgets and dynamic widget updates, Limelight: stage/scene/player model on Swing, can package apps and stream .lme files over HTTP, Glimmer: SWT-based, minimal DSL, MVVM-style binding and “one-line” data-table binding that updates views automatically. Demos run but each framework omits key business features or installer polish for production use.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 2:20Outline
- 2:52Desktop Applications in a Nutshell
- 3:37Desktop UI Code Example (Java)
- 8:42Shoes
- 12:44Limelight
- 21:39Glimmer
- 26:57Instant Bean Brew
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