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If You Liked Shoes, You'll Love Glimmer!
A new Glimmer FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section has been added to the Glimmer project README on GitHub in order to answer questions like "How do Glimmer GUI DSLs compare to Shoes?" and "What is...
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Glimmer DSL for WX (wxWidgets GUI Toolkit) Using wxruby3
Glimmer gets a new GUI DSL in 2023 called Glimmer DSL for WX (Early Alpha 0.0.5 was built in 1 day) to support the very mature wxWidgets GUI toolkit that renders cross-platform native GUI controls...
View ArticleMontreal.rb July 2023 Import Spreadsheets in Ruby on Rails with Flatfile.com
Thanks to everyone who attended the Montreal.rb July 2023 talk, "Import Spreadsheets in Ruby on Rails with Flatfile.com". I am including the talk video and slides below.YouTube Video:Google Slides:
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Glimmer DSL for LibUI Composite Shape
Glimmer DSL for LibUI 0.8.0 (Fukuoka Award Winning Ruby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Library) has been released with a new feature called Composite Shape (already in Glimmer DSL for...
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Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.28.0.0
Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.28.0.0 (JRuby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Framework) is the quarterly major release that happens after a new version of Eclipse SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) is...
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Every True Rubyist Builds Their Own Code Editor in Ruby!
Gladiator (Glimmer Editor) 0.11.0 has just been released! It is my personal day-to-day code editor that I have built in Ruby using Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native...
View ArticleMontreal.rb Apr 2023 Rails Already Supports View Components!
The video for the Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup April 3, 2023 talk"Rails Already Supports View Components!" has been posted!Talk Description:There are several view component Ruby gems out there that were...
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Tutorial: Ruby GUI with Glimmer (by Mattias Velamsson)
Mattias Velamsson recently shared a beginner's tutorial for making a GUI (Graphical User Interface) in Ruby titled "Ruby GUI with Glimmer". It provides a step-by-step code walkthrough that produces a...
View ArticleMontreal.rb Sep 2023 Intro to Ruby in the Browser
The video and slides for the Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup September 6, 2023 talk"Intro to Ruby in the Browser" have been posted!Talk Description:Matz mentioned in his RubyConf 2022 keynote speech that in...
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Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.29.0.0 Released
Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Framework) version 4.29.0.0 has just been released! It is the quarterly release that happens when a new version of the Eclipse...
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RubyConf 2023 How To Build Desktop Applications in Ruby (Workshop Accepted)
My RubyConf 2023 workshop submission titled "How To Build Desktop Applications in Ruby" has been accepted! It will take place in San Diego, California, USA on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10am PT....
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Glimmer Wordle 1.1.5 Windows Support
Glimmer Wordle 1.1.5 has just been released with official support for Windows. Although the game worked on Windows before, thanks to the platform-independent Glimmer DSL for SWT GUI Ruby Gem it was...
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Glimmer DSL for LibUI Scaffolding + Snake Game
Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Library) versions 0.9.x include support for a new Glimmer Command, Application Scaffolding, Custom Component...
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Glimmer DSL for LibUI Custom Shapes
Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Ruby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Library) versions 0.10.1 & 0.10.0 ship with support for building and scaffolding Area Canvas Graphics Custom Shapes (with...
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Slides & Code for RubyConf 2023 Workshop "How To Build Desktop Applications...
Thanks to everyone who attended my RubyConf 2023 2-Hour Workshop "How To Build Desktop Applications in Ruby". I am happy the event's large ballroom filled up completely with attendees. For those who...
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Graphs and Charts 0.1.1 (Custom Controls for Glimmer DSL for LibUI)
Graphs and Charts is a new library for Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Library) that aims at providing Custom Controls for rendering graphs...
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Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.30.0.0
Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.30.0.0 (JRuby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Framework) is the quarterly major release that supports a new version of Eclipse SWT (version 4.30, released in...
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Graphs and Charts 0.2.2 (Bar Chart for Glimmer DSL for LibUI)
Graphs and Charts 0.2.x adds a new Bar Chart Custom Control for Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Library) in addition to the existing Line...
View ArticleMontreal.rb Nov 2023 Anatomy of a Payment
The video and slides for the Nov 2023 Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup talk "Anatomy of a Payment" by Michel Jamati (CTO/Co-Founder of Lexop) have been posted!!Talk Description:This talk will provide an...
View ArticleMontreal.rb Dec 2023 Building LLM-powered Applications
The video of the Dec 2023 Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup talk "Building LLM-powered Applications" by Andrei Bondarev (Solutions Architect / Owner at Source Labs LLC) has been posted.GitHub link for...
View ArticleGlimmer Goes Web!!!
Last September, I gave a talk at my local Ruby meetup titled "Intro To Ruby in the Browser" about how to use Ruby for Frontend Development in Rails as a complete replacement for JavaScript as per...
View ArticleMontreal.rb Jan 2024 Building an AI Medical Scribe in Ruby
The video of the Jan 2024 Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup A.I. talk "Building an AI Medical Scribe in Ruby" by Jean-Sebastien Boulanger (CTO of Circle Medical) has been posted.Talk Description:In this talk,...
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Ruby Dev Summit 2024 Interview w/ Andy Maleh
Recently, I was interviewed for the 2024 Ruby Dev Summit, and a video podcast of the interview was just posted online and is available to watch for free for the next 24 hours (Fri, Feb 16 3pm ET till...
View ArticleUpcoming March 2024 Montreal.rb Talk "Frontend Ruby with Glimmer DSL for Web"
I will be giving a Montreal.rb Ruby meetup talk titled "Frontend Ruby with Glimmer DSL for Web" on Wednesday, March 6 2024 at 7pm ET (doors open at 6:15pm ET). The event will be hosted at Lexop (506...
View ArticleMontreal.rb March 2024 Frontend Ruby with Glimmer DSL for Web
The talk video and slides have been posted for the Montreal.rb March 2024 talk "Frontend Ruby with Glimmer DSL for Web". YouTube Video:...
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