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 source release qt4-qtruby-2.2.0 of December 2011 supports Ruby1.9 as well as 1.8.
Certainly, it is now progressive, and it will be updated.
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: