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Effective Tcl/Tk Programming: Writing Better Programs with Tcl and Tk

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If you were forced to identify the best Tcl/Tk book ever written, this would be it. The examples are not just toys. They are useful in their own right. The breadth covered is extensive. Each topic covered is the best I have yet seen. With this book, you can probably even omit reading Ousterhout. It is hard to provide code and then to describe the code in a useful way but this book accomplishes it, with no nonsense. I keep three copies, one at home, one at work, and one in my brief case. McLennon created [incr Tcl] and his intro to it in "Tcl/Tk Tools" is also good. I wish he had written "[incr Tcl] from the Ground Up" as his style is more concise than Chad Smith.

TCL users look to the Welch or Ousterhout for a good TCL reference.

The best Tk book existing. Even if one programs with Perl/Tk or Python/Tk, still this is THE book for how to use Tk. With this book one can complete ones Tk-GUIs, so that they do, what one initially wished them to to. The book is a good example of how to write a good computer book.

i find the title of this book, and its promise, to be a bit misleading. it focuses on tk with little about tcl specifics in there. i find myself not using this book very often except when i have to do something tricky in tk. i program in tcl every day, but i don't do much tk anymore.

you wont learn tcl/tk from this, but you may pick up some great tk organization and features.

i'd say this book is overpriced, too, so see if you can buy it used.

if you're looking at getting a book to make you an advanced tcl programmer, i'd look elsewhere first.

I hope that other authors of computer books have a look at this book.

Not only the good contents, the presentation is very thoutful and well done. I could not resisit "wow" when starting chapter 2 which is about packing, gridding and placing windows.

The books uses figures very effectly to let readers see what is going on without unnecessay longer wordy explanations. Bold face font is also well used in listing the source codes so that you can see the change/improvememnt right away.

I hope we have this sort of books in every subjects and less number of introductory books.

An excellent book. Picks up where Welch's book ends, with a applied approach. I really appreciate the coverage devoted to developing re-usable code via script libraries. This is an absolute "must read" for any serious Tcl/Tk developer.

An excellent book on the use of TCL/TK. Takes much of the mystery out of the way that TCL/TK graphic widgets work and how to build the GUIs with TCK/TK. It has many very practical sections. In particular, how the graphics rendering works, using TCL programs as data storage and the chapter on client server applications. Very easy to read and understand. All the code is available of the net so it is easy to extend the tools described. The authors are real experts but can explain the concepts well for even the novice programmer.

You can quickly start creating window apps using tk/tcl. This tends to result in poorly structured non-reusable code.
This books intention is not to teach you tk/tcl but to guide you to a style that will increase your productivity by an order of magnitude by showing how to create libraries that you can drop into any app (as a bonus it also includes many useful code examples which you can use to start this library.)

It focuses more on the tk side as the authors demonstrate how to build cross-platform window apps with networking capability. A worthwhile addition to any tk/tcl proagrammers bookshelf.

This book is truly useful because its examples are accurately explained. It is possible to read just the parts matching your own needs. Easy to read, nice pictures, really good. In my opinion, some examples like the paned window manager or the hierarchical browser are sufficient reason to buy these book. "Merci beaucoup" to the authors.

This is the book to buy after you've learned the basics of Tcl/Tk. The emphasis is on Tk, with lots of hints and tricks along with great advice and examples. Their explanation of how to make platform-independent use of Tk's options database is worth the price alone. (Maybe you don't think you need this, but you'll use it after seeing how it works!) Advanced topics include class bindings, "click, drag, drop", balloon help, animation, pipes and sockets, client/servers, cross-platform issues and much more.