Web TCL Complete with CDROM [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Steve Ball (Author)

Book Description

Series: Complete | Publication Date: 1999

The pro's guide to Tcl (pronounced tickle) explains all the features of the hot new scripting language that's more powerful than Peri and easier to use than JavaScript. Includes coverage of Web applications, Tclets, and Tcl/Java interfacing.

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From the Back Cover

Web Tcl Complete. With the McGraw-Hill Complete Series, you get 100% of what you need to deliver fully functional applications quickly. You get complete coverage of technical issues, from experts who understand the problems you must solve. The only book on Tcl written just for Web professionals, Web Tcl Complete gives you current information and hands-on help in developing and implementing this compact, adaptable language. You get everything you need to: Develop and implement GUI's for the Net and the Web; Interface with Java; Write server-side and client-side scripting; Build Tclet apps to run inside browsers; Enable document processing; Link across platforms.

Product Details

• Paperback: 468 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007913713X
• ISBN-13: 978-0079137135
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,629,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Tcl book I've read since Effective Tcl/Tk Programming, October 18, 1999

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Ron Benn (Markham, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web TCL Complete with CDROM (Paperback)

You can accomplish everything you want on the web, on both the client and server sides, without leaving this book, or Tcl. There are a huge number of web development tools out there, and a confusing variety of techniques for web page development and for web server management. After reading this book my decision was clear. I use the Web Tcl Server which I down-loaded and booted first shot. Instead of having to juggle a number of techniques I can now just stick to Tcl. It is the common glue across the company and it is also liberating. People can use their own tools to create various aspects of the web site and yet central policies can be maintained. For example, everyone can use their favorite word processors instead of being forced to use a Web management tool such as Front Page that is universally hated. Get this book. It will be the shortest route you can take to complete control of your web site.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great !... wish it cost cheaper.. :-), February 1, 2000

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Lok Yek Soon (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web TCL Complete with CDROM (Paperback)

this is not my first TCL book. if u are looking for a TCL book to learn, I recommend Practical Programming in Tcl & Tk by Brent B. Welch .

nonetheless, Web TCL complete does live up to its name and covers practically almost all (if not all) things revolving around using TCL for the web.

get this book if u are interested in getting up to speed regarding using TCL for web base development.

My only wish (not complaint) is I hope that it can be priced lower.

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a both a Fun and Powerful Book, February 17, 2007

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Joaquin Menchaca (San José, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Web TCL Complete with CDROM (Paperback)

This ia a really fun book. Most of TCL books will cover the language or how to build pretty grahical programs, but this books emphasis in on the web. In the scope of the web, the book has many sections including: (1) SafeTCL, (2) CGI Scripting, (4) Servlets, (5) TCL Web Server, (6) Client side scripting, (7) document processing with XML, (8) Java Intigration. This book offers so much.

I really like how the authors started off with SafeTCL as a way to firewall your code taht could potentially be attacked by hackers. I was touched by the coverage of Tclets and TCL Netscape plug-in. This stuff was really cool, as it is a way to reuse code on the client browser, but also offer ways to interact with JavaScript. Some really neat stuff.

I highly recommend this book for anyone that likes to tinker and do really cool things with little effort involved. It is also great I think for in house applications or testing tools that could be deployed via the web or to the desktop on just about any platform (Unices, Windows, Mac). The document processing section, and also make TCL into a powerful set of resources for a variety of enterprise solutions as well.