wxRuby version 1.9.0 is now available. As a first beta release, intended to lead to a stable version soon, this is a signficant milestone for the project.

Major recent changes:


* Upgraded to target the wxWidgets 2.8 API, enhancing many existing classes, and benefitting from bug fixes in the underlying C++ library
* A brand new and more accurate memory management scheme, fixing many leaks and crashes
* An overhauled event handling system, allowing completely custom events to be written in Ruby
* Added the Advanced User Interface (AUI) classes, for sophisticated IDE-like applications with dockable panes and floating toolbars
* Added numerous minor controls and other classes, eg HyperlinkCtrl
* Fixes for many class/method specific bugs, and improvements to documentation and samples
* Users report perceptible improvements in performance with this release