RR 381: “Ruby GUI Development” with Saverio Miroddi

Panel: Charles Max WoodDave KimuraEric Berry Special Guests: Saverio Miroddi In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks to Saverio Miroddi who is an engineer among other things. Saverio has written articles, and a link to two of his articles is found below. The panel and Saverio talk about Ruby, Ruby Motion, Shoes, Hackety Hack, and much more! Check out the episode!Show Topics:2:05 – Chuck asks a question.2:42 – Chuck: What do you recommend for the listeners?2:49 – Saverio: At the time I recommended an underdog. Now, making a recommendation is kind of hard. It depends on what they need. It’s fascinating in a way, because web development is not straightforward. Through the choice the subject is so wide.3:58 – Panelist: Building desktop applications the very last thin I think: I should build this in Ruby. It sounds like I am not the only person. Why would people want to build desktop apps in Ruby versus another program?4:38 – Chuck: I was thinking the same thing.4:59 – Saverio: Personally, I like consistency. When Ruby came out it’s meant to be very easy. It should be easy to hack a certain tool. It depends on a case basis.6:15 – Panelist: How does Ruby shine in this respect?6:19 – Saverio: It’s hard to say. It is a compromise with everything. That’s the case – if it is meant to be simple, keep it simple. When I wrote my app I was looking for consistency. Ruby is far from ideal and it’s compromising the project.8:02 – Panelist: Tell us how you use it? Tell us your cases.8:17 – Saverio dives into this topic.9:05 – Panelist: I hate web applications online – I want it on my desktop. But it’s funny; I am the opposite when I make it. I really like the idea of Ruby being expanded beyond web application.Panelist continues to talk about what/where/how Ruby is used or not used.10:30 – Chuck: I like the idea of expanding to other areas, as well. Do you think there is enough momentum to get it to a new place?11:09 – Saverio answers this question.Saverio: To be honest, this might just be a niche. It’s being developed at a slow pace. I know a few things use Ruby, and they just want to use a few small tools, and a few frameworks.12:38 – Panelist talks about Ruby and how it can be good for kids and beginners because of the visual component/feedback.13:49 – Saverio: I agree.13:59 – Chuck: I asked earlier, what would you recommend to kids to get started?14:20 – Saverio answers the question.16:02 – Panelist: I think I have a compromise, what about a web application that loads like a regular web page, but also has offline functionality? If you go offline it can load and sometimes work. Now you have a native application.16:47 – Chuck adds in a comment.16:53 – Advertisement 17:31 – Saverio: That would be complex, right?17:44 – Chuck: They were headed towards desktop but never got there.17:55 – Panelist: There is Ruby Motion. 18:41 – Chuck: We are going to have a special guest back to talk about doing Ruby Motion on the Nintendo Switch. I think it will take a lot to compile to get to the new system.19:07 – What is your experience with building Opal?19:17 – Saverio: I excluded those, actually.19:50 – Panelist: Let’s talk about data and storing data?20:04 – Saverio: Definitely.Saverio dives into this topic...20:28 – Chuck: Do you use Active Record?20:32 – Saverio: No.21:00 – Saverio: I like simplistic solutions.21:19 – Chuck: That sounds like it wouldn’t be completely foreign for people who have done web development.If we are more web active what will throw us off? Just in general. Your...