QtRuby is a binding of the application framework Qt for the programming language Ruby. Korundum is an additional set of bindings for the desktop environment KDE.
| QtRuby | |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.2.0
/ December 16, 2011 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Ruby |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages/Ruby |
Since the underlying technologies Ruby, Qt, and KDE are cross-platform, so is QtRuby. It supports Linux and other flavours of Unix, as well as Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
QtRuby hello world
require 'Qt4'
app = Qt::Application.new(ARGV)
hello = Qt::PushButton.new('Hello World!')
hello.resize(100, 30)
hello.show
app.exec
The Korundum documentation[1] proposes a more "rubyish" version of this program.
Notable applications that use QtRuby
- Kubeplayer, a video player dedicated to play online videos.[2]
- Kaya, a Qt/KDE-based application to play chess, shogi and variants thereof.[3]
Status and Maintenance
Currently, QtRuby is maintained (if at all) as part of Korundum. Binary packages (for Debian, Fedora, ...) are stuck at Ruby1.8. The Korundum SVN tree is said to support Ruby1.9.1.
References
External links
- Official web sites:
- http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages/Ruby Home page, with some documentation and useful links
- http://rubyforge.org/projects/korundum/ Download ___location
- Communication channels (very low traffic):
- Documentation:
- Helper applications: