Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk | by Brent Welch | Ken Jones | ‎ Prentice Hall | ‎ English | ‎ Subsequent Edition

Product description Amazon.com Review Despite its frequently obtuse syntax, Tcl/Tk enjoys a large and enthusiastic following. It's king of the world when it comes to building graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for C programs (particularly those running in X Windows environments), which is what the language originally was invented to do. Tcl/Tk (which is pronounced "tickle tee-kay," and which stands for "Tool Control Language/Toolkit" despite the abbreviation's unusual capitalization) is expanding its scope to encompass fields as diverse as voice scripting and molecular visualization. The latest edition of Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, the fourth, offers an encyclopedic guide to Tcl/Tk that not only helps programmers solve problems, but enables them to conceive new applications for the language. The new edition of Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk covers Tcl 8.4, particularly its versatile new Virtual File System (VFS) capabilities that allow you to include FTP sites and other remote directories in ordinary File Save and File Open interfaces. Further new coverage goes to Starkits, with which you can bundle Tcl/Tk programs for deployment, and some new Tk elements. Otherwise, the book is generally revised and improved with additional examples (the sample code has always been one of this book's main attractions) and intelligently laid-out keyword tables. It has a great lay-flat binding, too. This book (with John Ousterhout's Tcl and the Tk Toolkit) remains one of the two must-have Tcl/Tk books. --David WallTopics covered: The Tcl programming language and the Tk toolkit on which it most usually operates. Sections cover basic and advance programming techniques, specific aspects of Tk widgets, and extending the C library that defines Tcl. Copious examples make it easier to understand (and quickly employ) effective design strategies. Review Select Guide Rating From the Back Cover Practical Programming in Tcl/Tk, 4th editionThe Tcl/Tk bestseller fully updated for Tcl 8.4!Authoritative coverage of every Tcl and Tk command in the core toolkitsState-of-the-art Tk GUI coverage for Tcl, Perl, Python, and Ruby developers Covers all key Tcl 8.4 enhancements: VFS, internationalization and performance improvements, new widgets, and much moreCovers multi-threaded Tcl applications and Starkits, a revolutionary way to package and deploy Tcl applicationsCD-ROM: Source and binary Tcl/Tk distributions and extensions for Windows®, Linux™, Solaris™, and Macintosh®, plus all code from the bookThe Tcl/Tk bestseller, now completely updated for Tcl 8.4!The world's #1 guide to Tcl/Tk has been thoroughly updated to reflect Tcl/Tk8.4's powerful improvements in functionality, flexibility, and performance!Brent Welch, Ken Jones, and Jeffrey Hobbs, three of the world1s leading Tcl/Tk experts, cover every facet of Tcl/Tk programming, including cross-platform scripting and GUI development, networking, enterprise application integration, and much more.Coverage includes: Systematic explanations and sample code for all Tcl/Tk 8.4 core commandsComplete Tk GUI development guidance--perfect for developers working with Perl, Python, or Ruby Insider's insights into Tcl 8.4's key enhancements: VFS layer, internationalized font/character set support, new widgets, and moreDefinitive coverage of TclHttpd web server--written by its creatorNew ways to leverage Tcl/Tk 8.4's major performance improvementsAdvanced coverage: threading, Safe Tcl, Tcl script library, regular expressions, and namespacesWhether you1re upgrading to Tcl/Tk 8.4, or building GUIs for applicationscreated with other languages, or just searching for a better cross-platformscripting solution, Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, Fourth Editiondelivers all you need to get results!The accompanying CD-ROM includes source and binary distributionsof Tcl/Tk, Tcl extensions, and tools for Windows 9x/2000/XP, Linux, Solaris,and Macintosh, plus all the code from the book. About the Author BRENT B. WELCH is a software architect at Panasas, and former researchengineer at Sun Microsystems and Xerox® PARC. He served as senior webengineer at Scriptics, and has been involved in Tcl and Tk from theirearliest days, developing major Tcl applications such as the exmh email userinterface and TclHttpd web server.Ken Jones has provided training and documentation for software developersfor almost 20 years. He has specialized in the Tcl/Tk language since 1998.Jeffrey Hobbs is a member of the Tcl Core Team and the release manager forTcl/Tk core. As Senior Developer at ActiveState, he is technical lead forTcl technologies. He served as Tcl Ambassador for Scriptics, and maintainsthe Tk Usage FAQ. Read more