white_gold - TGUI based Ruby gem for quick native application developing

Ruby gem for building pure ruby graphical user interface.
Uses TGUI & SFML as a backend.
Dedicated to creating simple applications and learning programming.

1. Taste

require 'white_gold'

title! "Greeting app"
text_size! 30

label! text: "Enter your name:", position: [100, 150], size: [340, 44]
@name = editbox! position: [375, 146], size: [280, 44]
button! text: "Then press the button", position: [200, 250] do
  on_press! do
    text = @name.text
    text = "world" if text.strip.empty?
    gui.messagebox! text: "Hello #{text}!", position: :center do
      button! text: "Close", on_press: proc{ window.close }
    end
  end
end

Output:

Check out sample for more.

Requirements

• Ruby >= 3.2.2
• Fiddle >= 1.1.1

Binaries for Windows and Linux are bundled with the gem.

Installation

1. From official

gem install white_gold

2. From source

git clone https://github.com/lpogic/white_gold
cd white_gold
gem build white_gold.gemspec
gem install white_gold-0.1.0.gem

2. Basic usage

require 'white_gold'

button! text: "Exit", position: :center, on_press: proc.exit

def exit
  window.close
end

3. Advanced usage

require 'white_gold/master'

class FirstPage < Page
  def build
    button! text: "Second Page", position: :center, on_press: proc{ go SecondPage }
  end

end

class SecondPage < Page
  def build
    button! text: "Exit", position: :center, on_press: proc.exit
  end

  def exit
    window.close
  end
end

WhiteGold.new.run FirstPage

Check out documentation for more info.

Status

A hobby project.

Authors

• Łukasz Pomietło ([email protected])