seebs
5/13/2007 5:54:00 PM
In message <1179076641.578804.145310@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, Noble writes:
>I am thinking about looking into Ruby and also RoR. Right now I
>develop on Windows and I use C# and Asp.Net. I also know some PHP, VB,
>and Java. I have done a little research on Ruby and actually
>downloaded it on Windows and looked at it briefly. I did not see any
>good GUI toolkits that gave the XP-Style look and feel.
>
>I want to develop some cross-platform shareware/freeware desktop
>applications and platform-independent web applications. (Thinking
>about dumping MS.)
>
>What does Ruby and RoR offer for me to achieve these goals?
Ruby offers a pleasant and clean language to develop in. I don't know
about GUI toolkits; these days, 90% of the time, if I want a GUI, I use
a web browser for it.
-s