JRuby SWT Cookbook
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JRuby and SWT is a great platform for writing cross-platform desktop applications. This repo contains 
examples of how to get started.

Why JRuby/SWT?
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  * Fast, compatible Ruby implementation.
  * JRuby and SWT are flawlessly cross-platform.
  * SWT has native widgets (for the most part).
  * SWT powers Eclipse, so there's nothing you need that it doesn't do.
  * You don't need to touch Java! Write everything in Ruby.

Installation
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You will need to run these examples with JRuby. Get it from jruby.org.

*API Docs*

The apidocs.tar.gz file contains SWT API reference docs. Untar the file and open apidocs/index.html in 
your browser. The comments in all the examples refers to files in these docs. They are the Java api, however
JRuby does a great job of interfacing with Java, so you can usually just call into them as if they were Ruby 
classes and methods.

Running Examples
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On Windows and Linux:

  $ jruby ex1_button/ex1_button.rb
  
On OSX:

  $ jruby -J-XstartOnFirstThread ex1_button/ex1_button.rb