FXRuby : Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby

by Johnson, Lyle

• ISBN13: 9781934356074
• ISBN10: 1934356077
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

FXRuby is a highly object-oriented toolkit for building lean, mean, cross-platform graphical user interfaces in Ruby. Since its initial release in 2001, FXRuby has become one of the most popular GUI choices for Ruby developers. This book is your best resource for rapidly learning how to develop powerful, sophisticated GUIs in your favourite programming language. If you're a newcomer to GUI programming, this book will introduce you to the basics of FXRuby programming by leading you through building a GUI application with FXRuby from start to finish. If you're an experienced software developer who just needs to get up to speed on FXRuby and what it can do for you, this book will help you put FXRuby to work in your Ruby-based applications. Along the way, you'll learn how to leverage FXRuby's vast collection of user interface elements to build visually rich user interfaces. You'll see how FXRuby uses the concept of sending messages between objects to implement event- driven applications, and how you can most effectively use layout managers to construct flexible user interfaces.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Building an FXRuby Application	p. 7
Getting Started with FXRuby	p. 9
The Picture Book Application	p. 21
Take 1: Display a Single Photo	p. 27
Take 2: Display an Entire Album	p. 35
Take 3: Manage Multiple Albums	p. 55
FXRuby Fundamentals	p. 71
FXRuby Under the Hood	p. 73
Building Simple Widgets	p. 95
Sorting Data with List and Table Widgets	p. 111
Editing Text with the Text Widget	p. 129
Creating Visually Rich User Interfaces	p. 139
Managing Layouts	p. 157
Advanced Menu Management	p. 187
Providing Support with Dialog Boxes	p. 197
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 215
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