Tcl/Tk: A Developer's Guide

by Clif Flynt B.S.

Overview

Newly updated with over 150 pages of material on the latest Tcl extensions, Tcl/Tk: A Developer’s Guide is a unique practical tutorial for professional programmers and beginners alike. Starting with a clear picture of the basics, Tcl/Tk covers the variety of tools in this "Swiss army knife" of programming languages, giving you the ability to enhance your programs, extend your application's capabilities, and become a more effective programmer.

This updated edition covers all of the new features of version 8.6, including object-oriented programming and the creation of megawidgets, existing data structure implementations, themed widgets and virtual events. Extensive code snippets and online tutorials in various languages will give you a firm grasp on how to use the Tcl/Tk libraries and interpreters and, most importantly, on what constitutes an effective strategy for using Tcl/Tk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123847171
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	02/07/2012
Series:	The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming
Edition description:	3rd Revised ed.
Pages:	816
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Clif Flynt is a professional programmer and has been a Tcl advocate since 1994. He has developed Tcl applications for the e-commerce, factory control, computer-based education, network analysis, games, firewall configuration, systems administration, and more. He has taught Tcl/Tk seminars in colleges and corporations around the world and writes regularly on Tcl/Tk for the developer community.

Table of Contents

1. Tcl/Tk Features2. The Mechanics of Using the Tcl and Tk Interpreters3. Introduction to the Tcl Language4. File System, Disk I/O and Sockets5. Using Strings and Lists6. Basic list, array and dict7. Advanced List, array and dict8. Procedure Techniques9. Namespaces10. Basic TclOO11. Advanced TclOO12. Packages and modules13. Introduction to Tk Graphics14. Overview of the canvas Widget15. The text widget and htmllib16. Themed Widgets17. Tk Megawidgets18. Writing a Tcl Extension19. Extensions and Packages20. Programming Tools21. Debugging and Optimization techniques22. Tips and Techniques

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Fully revised, complete guide on Tcl/Tk for software engineers, programmers, and developers

Editorial Reviews

"The best computer programmers are astonishingly more productive than average. One reason is that they use good tools, and they use them well. Clif Flynt's Tcl/Tk: A Developer's Guide, Second Edition helps you improve your effectiveness as a developer in both of these ways. Tcl is a software language with a great return on investment—it achieves portable, powerful, economical results with great economy. Just a few lines of Tcl are enough to create applications that are both interesting and useful. Clif draws on his deep experience as a front-line developer to help you get the most out of Tcl. He writes clearly, and has organized his book with instructive examples that teach the essentials of Tcl. He covers the right material too: Tcl/Tk packs in not just such long-standing Tcl strengths such as its easy networking and graphical user interface, but also the latest breakthroughs with internationalization, widget upgrades, and StarPacks. Want to take your programming to the next level? Get Tcl/Tk: A Developer's Guide, Second Edition." —Cameron Laird is vice president of Phaseit, Inc. (http://phaseit.net), where he specializes in Rapid Enterprise Integration with Tcl and related tools. His frequent publications on information technology include the popular "Regular Expressions" column (http://regularexpressions.com)

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