A bad example of WPF and IronRuby

bad_example.rb

require 'PresentationCore'
require 'PresentationFramework'

Application = System::Windows::Application
HorizontalAlignment = System::Windows::HorizontalAlignment
SizeToContent = System::Windows::SizeToContent
Thickness = System::Windows::Thickness
Window = System::Windows::Window

Button = System::Windows::Controls::Button
Label = System::Windows::Controls::Label
ListBox = System::Windows::Controls::ListBox
Orientation = System::Windows::Controls::Orientation
StackPanel = System::Windows::Controls::StackPanel
TextBox = System::Windows::Controls::TextBox

window = Window.new
window.title = "Lef' Frontal Lobe"
window.size_to_content = SizeToContent.height
window.width = 450

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

search_ctl = StackPanel.new
search_ctl.orientation = Orientation.horizontal
stack.children.add search_ctl

search_box = TextBox.new
search_box.width = 380
search_ctl.children.add search_box

search_button = Button.new
search_button.content = "Go"
search_ctl.children.add search_button

results_label = Label.new
results_label.font_size = 24
results_label.content = "Results"
results_label.horizontal_alignment = HorizontalAlignment.center
results_label.margin = Thickness.new(5)
stack.children.add results_label

results_list = ListBox.new()
stack.children.add results_list

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

Application.new.run(window)