Shoes Implementations
This document covers various Shoes implementations and how Scarpe relates to them.
Historical Implementations
- Original Shoes
- Written in C/Ruby
- Created by _why the lucky stiff
- Native GUI implementation
- Green Shoes
- Pure Ruby implementation
- GTK+ based
- Simplified architecture
- Purple Shoes
- Windows-specific version
- WinForms based
- Limited platform support
Modern Implementations
- Scarpe
- Web-based implementation
- Modern architecture
- Enhanced features
- Other Current Projects
- Various community efforts
- Different approach focuses
- Platform-specific versions
Implementation Comparisons
Key differences between implementations:
- Architecture
- Display handling
- Event systems
- State management
- Features
- UI components
- Drawing capabilities
- Platform integration
Learning from History
Lessons from previous implementations:
- What Worked
- Simple API design
- Flexible layouts
- Ruby-like syntax
- What Needed Improvement
- Event handling
- State management
- Cross-platform support
Future Directions
Areas for continued development:
- Modern Features
- Better async support
- Enhanced components
- Improved tooling
- Community Focus
- Documentation
- Examples
- Learning resources