wxruby users - Jun 2009 - Lazy WxRuby

If interested I posted an example of how I lazily build a WxRuby
interface for an app. Here''s the link via DZone:

  http://www.dzone.com/links/wxruby_for_the_lazy.html

T.

Hi Trans,

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:14 AM, trans<transfire at gmail.com>
wrote:
> If interested I posted an example of how I lazily build a WxRuby
> interface for an app. Here''s the link via DZone:
>
> ?http://www.dzone.com/links/wxruby_for_the_lazy.html
>
Interesting approach.

Just some comments on wxRuby usage or style :
1/ You don''t need to supply -1 as the ID parameter for a Window (-1 or
Wx::ID_ANY is already the default value).
For a window, the only mandatory parameter is the parent window (the
first parameter).

=>
def notebook
      @notebook ||= (
        notebook = Wx::Notebook.new(frame_panel)
        frame_sizer.add(notebook, 1, Wx::GROW)
        notebook
      )
    end

2/ Wx::Bitmap is smart enough to guess the bitmap type based on the
file extension (OK, it''s not well documented but I''ll fix
that).
Wx::Toolbar has also the add_item method which support keyword
arguments (and it''s well documented) :

 @search_start_tool   = toolbar.add_tool(-1, ''Start''   ,
            Wx::Bitmap.new(DIR + ''/images/search.gif'',
Wx::BITMAP_TYPE_GIF), ''Start'')

=>

@search_start_tool   = toolbar.add_item(Wx::Bitmap.new(DIR +
''/images/search.gif''), :label => ''Start'',
:short_help => ''Start'')

Cheers.

Chauk-Mean.

On Jun 8, 3:20?pm, Chauk-Mean Proum <chauk.m... at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Interesting approach.
Thanks. The approach really helped me wrap my head around WxRuby
better.
> Just some comments on wxRuby usage or style :
> 1/ You don''t need to supply -1 as the ID parameter for a Window
(-1 or
> Wx::ID_ANY is already the default value).
> For a window, the only mandatory parameter is the parent window (the
> first parameter).
>
> =>
> def notebook
> ? ? ? @notebook ||= (
> ? ? ? ? notebook = Wx::Notebook.new(frame_panel)
> ? ? ? ? frame_sizer.add(notebook, 1, Wx::GROW)
> ? ? ? ? notebook
> ? ? ? )
> ? ? end
>
> 2/ Wx::Bitmap is smart enough to guess the bitmap type based on the
> file extension (OK, it''s not well documented but I''ll fix
that).
> Wx::Toolbar has also the add_item method which support keyword
> arguments (and it''s well documented) :
>
> ?@search_start_tool ? = toolbar.add_tool(-1, ''Start'' ? ,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? Wx::Bitmap.new(DIR + ''/images/search.gif'',
> Wx::BITMAP_TYPE_GIF), ''Start'')
>
> =>
>
> @search_start_tool ? = toolbar.add_item(Wx::Bitmap.new(DIR +
> ''/images/search.gif''), :label =>
''Start'', :short_help => ''Start'')
Nice tips. I''ll apply those.

Thanks for taking at look at this.

T.

trans wrote:
> If interested I posted an example of how I lazily build a WxRuby
> interface for an app. Here''s the link via DZone:
>
>   http://www.dzone.com/links/wxruby_for_the_lazy.html
Late to the link, but thanks for posting this. I think the approach is 
interesting and instructive so I added it to the tutorials page on the wiki.

Another shortcut you can use:

Wx::VBoxSizer.new

instead of

Wx::BoxSizer.new(Wx::VERTICAL)

alex

On Jun 17, 7:56?am, Alex Fenton <a... at pressure.to>
wrote:
> trans wrote:
> > If interested I posted an example of how I lazily build a WxRuby
> > interface for an app. Here''s the link via DZone:
>
> > ?http://www.dzone.com/links/wxruby_for_the_lazy.html
>
> Late to the link, but thanks for posting this. I think the approach is
> interesting and instructive so I added it to the tutorials page on the
wiki.
Nice :-)
> Another shortcut you can use:
>
> Wx::VBoxSizer.new
>
> instead of
>
> Wx::BoxSizer.new(Wx::VERTICAL)
Thanks, I updated the post to use this.

Btw, just for completeness sake, the Controller class should also have
this method:

  def sites ; service.sites ; end


trans