Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1998, 405 pages
ISBN: 0-201-63474-0
Keywords: Programming, TCLTk
You need a graphical user interface, and it needs to run on multiple platforms. You don't have much time, and you're not a wizard with X/Motif, the Win32 GUI, or the Mac GUI. The project seems impossible, but with Tcl/Tk it's simple and fun.
The Tcl scipting language and the Tk toolkit create a powerful programming environment for building graphical user interfaces. With two lines of code, you can create a simple button; with two hundred lines of code, a desktop calculator, and with a thousand lines of code, and industrial-strength groupware calendar and appointment minder. Your applications run on all of the major platforms: UNIX, Windows 95/NT, and Macintosh. You can even embed your program in a Web page to make them available online.
Ideal for developers who are acquainted with the basics of Tcl/Tk and are now moving on to build real applications, Effective Tcl/Tk Programming shows you how to build Tcl/Tk applications effectively and efficiently through plenty of real-world advice. The authors clarify some of the more powerful aspects of Tcl/Tk, such as the packer, the canvas widget, and binding tags. The book describes valuable design strategies and coding techniques that will make your Tcl/Tk projects successful. You will learn how to:
Throughout the book the authors develop numerous applications and a library of reusable components. Learn from their approach, follow their strategies, and steal their code for your own applications! But don't bother retyping all of the examples. You can download all the source code at the Effective Tcl/Tk Programming Web site.
This is an excellent book if you're going to program in Tcl/Tk. Recommended.
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