Hi, I have read through a few pages of the list and read what I can on the internet, but I am struggling to find answers to a couple of very basic questions. I have just learned ruby using Notepad++ and the windows package of Ruby 1.9.3. I used to be a systems programmer in assembly language and C. I have a basic knowledge of .NET and a good knowledge of Windows. I have IR 1.1 installed with VS 2010.
These questions are what I am confused about: 1. Can I write a Ruby application that uses .NET for system stuff (Windows, forms, networking) and package that as an installation that end users can install on their computer without going through the whole (for users) Ruby installation rigmarole? i.e. Can I write a GUI applications and distribute them with a few DLL's packaged and a requirement for .NET 4? 2. Is the IR implementation any faster/slower than the standard? 3. Can Ironruby use JRuby as for the VM? Or maybe that is an irrelevant question and I am misunderstanding how IronRuby works? 4. Is IR with Mono very bloated? I was going to use wxRuby, but it seems dead and I am now thinking of working in IR instead. Basically I am wanting to write simple GUI stuff in Ruby to help me learn Ruby better and also learn a bit of .NET. I will be using Rails for my main server app, but I am not moving on to that until I learn Ruby much better. I have gotten fed up writing console apps and want a simple way to get some GUI going. Thanks very much for any help or advice you can give :) Kevin McCaughey -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core
