http://juixe.com/techknow/index.php/2007/10/19/running-with-shoes-2d-examples/ Break Coders Block! Thu, 10 May 2012 17:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://juixe.com/techknow/index.php/2007/10/19/running-with-shoes-2d-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - The Weekly Source Code 12 - Back in Black Edition Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:43:50 +0000 http://www.juixe.com/techknow/index.php/2007/10/19/running-with-shoes-2d-examples/#comment-499 [...] If you're looking to do small GUI applications, you might take a moment to look at "Shoes" the tiny Ruby UI Tookit. Why? Well, if you're an old WinForms or new WPF guy like myself, (or an old Java guy, also like myself) it's helpful to other perspectives on what a Domain Specific Language for UI might look like. The sample source is here. Here are four different snippets in four different language that show a single button with a click event handler that shows a message. Here's the same thing in Shoes. Note that the documentation for Shoes is available as a Ransom Note. The creator never uses the acronym "GUI" in the docs or materials, but prefers to think of Shoes as a "toy." It's a pretty near toy, take a look at the 2D animation examples. [...] [...] If you’re looking to do small GUI applications, you might take a moment to look at "Shoes" the tiny Ruby UI Tookit. Why? Well, if you’re an old WinForms or new WPF guy like myself, (or an old Java guy, also like myself) it’s helpful to other perspectives on what a Domain Specific Language for UI might look like. The sample source is here. Here are four different snippets in four different language that show a single button with a click event handler that shows a message. Here’s the same thing in Shoes. Note that the documentation for Shoes is available as a Ransom Note. The creator never uses the acronym "GUI" in the docs or materials, but prefers to think of Shoes as a "toy." It’s a pretty near toy, take a look at the 2D animation examples. [...]

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