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TCL/TK for Dummies

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I was highly disappointed by the quality of this book. This book is so full of bugs it should only be used for kindling (you might get your money's worth). Previously, I had wonderful experiences with 'Dummies' books, but this one is awful. I tested many of the examples and was forced to edit many of them for the programs to work properly. Also, many of the figures and screenshots are out of place -- or their captions are irelevant to them. One other complaint -- a big one -- I don't know if this happened to all of the CDs, but mine didn't have close to everything that the book advertises! Speak of aggravating! The book will sometimes refer to an example that is on the CD, but when you look for it, it's simply not there. Oh, by the way, I only gave this book a star because I was unable to submit the review otherwise!

This book is terrible. I picked it up on sale for at a local computer store, but it wasn't even worth that price. This book is like a cockroach infestation; the number of bugs is unbearable. Examples don't appear in the right places, and they appear with the wrong headings, as do screenshots, etc... I'm not sure whoever proofread this one before it went out, but they should be fired. Do yourself a huge favor and buy another Tcl/Tk... this one is best avoided.

if provides a VERY general overview on creating a few buttons and using wish... Thats it. It can be used to show someone what tcl can do. ...In general, the technical books that are "For Dummies" ...[are no good].

If your a programmer (or hope to write widgets in tcl/tk) get a different book.

Bought this book because I was so impressed with "Perl 5 for Dummies", but "TCL/TK for Dummies" doesn't measure up. Lots of mistakes, no good reference material in the appendix section, and not very well organized. An example irritant is a reference to more information on the "listbox command" in chapter 22... while the book ends with chapter 21.

Not a bad book, but the editing is truly c-----, especially on examples and figures. Spaces are omitted, labels are wrong, etc. Also, the author gets some things wrong, like his explanation of "Dealing with the width of widgets containing text". Here he gives a tortured workaround due to what he thinks is a bug in Tcl, which is really his misreading of the manual (c means "character", not "centimeter" in text widgets.) The concept and writing of the book is otherwise pretty good, but I'd wait for a better editing job on the next edition. Or better, buy Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk by Brent Welch.

I have had the opportunity to read several programming books in the past year as a student. The text books used in school are hard to read and even harder to follow. Learning a language from the text books offered without the aid af an instructor would be impossible. This book, on the other hand, makes it possible for anyone to learn and master the procedures required to use TCL in an industrial environment.