Java Swing Resource for jRuby developer?

Question

I'm looking to develop GUI apps using jRuby but, am not sure which would be a good Swing book or tutorial to start with in my studies.

Answer 1

Do you want to build a desktop application in ruby or in java? (jruby is ruby running on java so swing via ruby is possible but not the easiest way)

For Java I recommend to start with suns tutorial here, netbeans matisse there or javafx. Or even take a look into the groovy desktop framework called griffon.

For ruby I know

• http://swiby.codehaus.org/
• http://shoes.heroku.com/

Answer 2

A direct pointer to what you require .... http://wiki.netbeans.org/SwingJRuby

It considers that you are using NetBeans ... even if you are not it could be useful