Shoes
A versatile Ruby GUI toolkit

about me
• Koen Van der Auwera
• Co-founder 10to1 (http://10to1.be)
• Enjoying Java since 2000, Ruby since 2003
• http://atog.be

Shoes?
• Designed with simplicity in mind
• Ruby
• You only need to know a few things
• Uses Cairo and Pango for drawing and text.
• Mac OS X, Windows and Linux

10
• para • edit_line
• stacks • link
• flows • background
• button • Shoes.url
• image • clear

10?
• A tiny Ruby GUI toolkit for all of us
• http://www.slideshare.net/atog/
shoes-189921

Shy
• Shoes archive
• Your complete application in a single file
• Best way to deliver your app
• shoes --shy app

Shoebox
• The Shoebox (http://the-shoebox.org)
• ‘A place for lil’ apps to live in harmony.’
• Comments and versions
• Jeremy Ashkenas

Wishy worm
• by Jeremy Ashkenas
• demo

The game of life
• by John Conway
• http://the-shoebox.org/apps/24
• demo

Tetris
• by Jeremy Ashkenas
• http://the-shoebox.org/apps/25
• demo

Type it!
• me
• http://the-shoebox.org/apps/33
• demo

Minesweeper
• by Que
• http://the-shoebox.org/apps/36
• demo

Asteroids
• by Jeremy Ashkenas
• http://the-shoebox.org/apps/23
• demo

more?
• http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes
• shoes@code.whytheluckystiff.net
• Nobody knows shoes (http://
www.lulu.com/content/1365064)