Johnson Lyle. FXRuby. Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby

The Pragmatic Bookshelf, First printing, March 2008, 217 p.The purpose of this book is to give you a head start on developing GUI applications with Ruby and FXRuby through a combination of tutorial.
exercises and focused technical information.This isn’t a comprehensive book on FXRuby programming, and it’s not a reference manual.1 A nearly complete reference manual is available, and it’s included with the standard FXRuby distribution. What this book will do is get you over the initial conceptual hurdles and equip you with the practical information that you need to build your own applications.Foreword.Building an FXRuby Application.
Getting Started with FXRuby.
The Picture Book Application.
Take 1: Display a Single Photo.
Take 2: Display an Entire Album.
Take 3: Manage Multiple Albums.
FXRuby Fundamentals.
FXRuby Under the Hood.
Building Simple Widgets.
Sorting Data with List and Table Widgets.
Editing Text with the Text Widget.
Creating Visually Rich User Interfaces.
Managing Layouts.
Advanced Menu Management.
Providing Support with Dialog Boxes.