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Sams Teach Yourself Tcl/Tk in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself -- Hours)

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A very good book to get you started programming in Tcl/TK and see some fast results. There is sufficient amount of detail to learn the basics. What I liked most is the way the examples are presented, you are encouraged to experiment and it is great and easy with Tcl/TK. At first I wanted to see more detailed coverage of the various options, but the book encourages you to use the Tcl help files and - a good habit to develop when you get into more serious programming. The Q&A and excercises help quite a bit when you are learning on your own. I have been able to adopt a lot of their examples to a demo program for my work.

This book is great for the advanced user that just want to obtain some knowledge about the language or for the beginner that wants to learn an easy, multi-platform and internet-friendly language (easier than Java). *BUT* if you have other SAM'S "Teach yourself (X language) in 24 hours" you'll notice that this book seems to be more 'fast paced' than the others from SAM'S.

I started off with the Welch book but quickly realised that it was not for beginners and switched off to this one. I think for a quick ramp up this book is good enough but you definitely need another book to take you to the next level.

A word of caution/Public service message: Listing 8.5 on page 133 has a wrong analysis. I would have loved to put this in a errata but it doesn't exist. Luckily the said error is about globs which many people don't use anyway.

I needed to pick up tcl quickly for a new project of mine, this book got me up to speed in no time, great examples, easy to follow even for a beginner. Using the book as a reference is a bit tough but make sure to purchase "O'reilly's; Tcl/Tk Pocket Reference" thats a great reference for the language.

This book Tcl/Tk in 24hours will teach a whole lot in no time.

I bought this book based upon online reviews and I was sorely disappointed with what I received. While the book does step you through the Tcl language it does not lend itself to acting as a reference book when you're trying to get a project done and need to look things up.

If I could have done it over again, I would've gone with the O'Reilly book on the same topic.

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I usually am enthusiatic about the books I review. Unfortunately, this book does not cut it. I chose it because of the high marks it received from other reviewers.

Instead I recommend Pratcal Programming in Tcl and Tk, by Brent B. Welch. Here is a book which give you some value.

If anyone wants to buy this book contact me, I have one for sale. I'll sell it for $5.

Conrad B. Senior

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