Some extentions to WPF classes to make WPF easier in Ironruby

Rubish WPF step one.rb

require 'PresentationCore'
require 'PresentationFramework'
include System::Windows
include System::Windows::Controls

class FrameworkElement
  def self.create_new( hash )
    elem = new()
    hash.each_pair do |key, value|
      elem.send( "#{key}=".to_sym, value)
    end
    elem
  end
end
class Panel
  def <<(new_children)
    if new_children.respond_to? :each
      new_children.each do |child|
        self.children.add child
      end
    else
      self.children.add new_children
    end
  end
end

window = Window.create_new(:title => "Lef' Frontal Lobe",
                           :size_to_content => SizeToContent.height,
                           :width => 450 )

window.content = stack = StackPanel.create_new(:margin => Thickness.new(15))

search_ctl = StackPanel.create_new( :orientation => Orientation.horizontal )
search_box = TextBox.create_new( :width => 390 )
search_button = Button.create_new(:content => "Go")
search_ctl << [search_box, search_button]

results_label = Label.create_new(:font_size => 24,
                         :content => "Results",
                         :horizontal_alignment => HorizontalAlignment.center,
                         :margin => Thickness.new(5))

results_list = ListBox.new()

stack << [search_ctl, results_label, results_list]

search_button.click do |sender, event|
  results_list.items.clear
  results_list.items.add search_box.text
end

Application.new().run( window )