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Tcl/tk For Programmersby Clif Flynt  Download Book (Respecting the intellectual property of others is utmost important to us, we make every effort to make sure we only link to legitimate sites, such as those sites owned by authors and publishers. If you have any questions about these links, please contact us.) link 1 link 2 About Book From Library Journal Tcl/Tk (called tickleTK) is a very powerful programming language for all sorts of projects, from visual application development to web scripting to meshing together varieties of applications and utilities written in different languages in order to create a new application. The program competes very favorably with Visual Basic, Java, Perl, and UNIX shell languages. It is a great tool for rapid prototype development; runs on almost all hardware, with no code changes; and is much easier to learn than Perl, C/C++, or Java. Flynt's book is aimed at programmers, but it is an excellent introduction to learning the basics of Tcl/Tk. Recommended for large public libraries and most academic institutions. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books Read the full review for this book. Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers, by Clif Flynt, is a more than good enough book about a good enough language. It is rendered especially valuable by the attachment of a content-rich and well-organized CD-ROM. If you program or wish to program in Tcl/Tk and don't feel your resources are complete, your library needs this reference. Tcl, pronounced "tickle" and short for "tool command language," was developed by John Ousterhout in the 1980s as an embeddable command interpreter designed as a virtual machine. Tk is the tool kit of GUI extensions that put Tcl/Tk in the position in UNIX that is occupied by Rexx and the Workstation Agent on the S/390, and by Visual Basic on Wintel. It's there for applications which must have a GUI but consist largely of non-GUI code, often composed of an extant non-Tcl application base, which Tcl is then used to script. On Linux, for instance, Tcl/Tk is used as a GUI wrapper around certain administrative tasks embodied in system commands and sbin shell scripts; on the other hand, Tcl/Tk is not generally used to author paint programs. --Jack Woehr, Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books
Tcl/Tk (Tool Command Language/Tool Kit) makes it easy to create and implement testing, network, system administration, and user applications to run under Unix, Linux, Windows 95 and NT, or on the Macintosh-all without modifications and in less time than you'd believe possible. A glue language, a visual applications programming language, a scripting language, and an extensible language core, Tcl/Tk offers cross-platform capabilities and fulfills a variety of functions to complete your programming objectives with simplicity, power, and ease. Written from a programmer's perspective, Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers describes how to use this tool in standard programming constructs and details its unique language features such as associative arrays and Tcl namespaces. The discussions of development tools, techniques, and Tcl extensions (including how to build them) show how to use Tcl/Tk effectively so readers can take advantage of Tcl/Tk's strengths. Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers is the complete resource for computer professionals from systems analysts to programmers interested in writing Tcl/Tk code. It covers versions up to 8.1 and includes a CD-ROM containing the interpreters, libraries, and tutorials to get a newcomer started quickly, with extra chapters including case studies and discussions of techniques for the advanced user. Other features include:
The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the examples from the book, multiple Tcl tutorials, reference papers, packages, and extensions for Tcl versions 7.6, 8.0, and 8.1. Bonus chapters include real-life case studies of Tcl/Tk applications.
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