Tcl and the Tk Toolkit (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) - Softcover

Ousterhout, John K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 032133633X ISBN 13: 9780321336330

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009

Synopsis

John K. Ousterhout’s Definitive Introduction to Tcl/Tk–Now Fully Updated for Tcl/Tk 8.5

 

Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, Second Edition, is the fastest way for newcomers to master Tcl/Tk and is the most authoritative resource for experienced programmers seeking to gain from Tcl/Tk 8.5’s powerful enhancements. Written by Tcl/Tk creator John K. Ousterhout and top Tcl/Tk trainer Ken Jones, this updated volume provides the same extraordinary clarity and careful organization that made the first edition the world’s number one Tcl/Tk tutorial.

 

Part I introduces Tcl/Tk through simple scripts that demonstrate its value and offer a flavor of the Tcl/Tk scripting experience. The authors then present detailed, practical guidance on every feature necessary to build effective, efficient production applications–including variables, expressions, strings, lists, dictionaries, control flow, procedures, namespaces, file and directory management, interprocess communication, error and exception handling, creating and using libraries, and more.

 

Part II turns to the Tk extension and Tk 8.5’s new themed widgets, showing how to organize sophisticated user interface elements into modern GUI applications for Tcl.

 

Part III presents incomparable coverage of Tcl’s C functions, which are used to create new commands and packages and to integrate Tcl with existing C software–thereby leveraging Tcl’s simplicity while accessing C libraries or executing performance-intensive tasks.

 

Throughout, the authors illuminate all of Tcl/Tk 8.5’s newest, most powerful improvements. You’ll learn how to use new Starkits and Starpacks to distribute run-time environments and applications through a single file; how to take full advantage of the new virtual file system support to treat entities such as zip archives and HTTP sites as mountable file systems; and more.

 

From basic syntax to simple Tcl commands, user interface development to C integration, this fully updated classic covers it all. Whether you’re using Tcl/Tk to automate system/network administration, streamline testing, control hardware, or even build desktop or Web applications, this is the one Tcl/Tk book you’ll always turn to for answers.

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The world's #1 Tcl/Tk tutorial, now thoroughly updated for the brand-new Tcl 8.5 - Co-authored by the legendary creator of Tcl, John Osterhout - Eagerly awaited by thousands of Tcl/Tk users worldwide - including test engineers at many of the world's leading high technology companies - Practical coverage of virtually the entire language, with an unparalleled discussion of Tcl's powerful C programming interface Summary The Tcl/Tk programming language and toolkit are used widely in many industries. Easy enough for even non-programmers to master, Tcl/Tk is especially widely used in the automated test field, where thousands of technicians create and use Tcl test scripts at companies ranging from Cisco, Nortel, and AT and T to IBM, Intel, and Boeing. Superbly clear, well organized, and co-authored by the creator of Tcl, this classic tutorial remains the best way to learn and use Tcl/Tk. Now thoroughly updated to reflect Tcl 8.5' significant enhancements in Tcl 8.5, this authoritative book covers every facet of scripting with Tcl and the Tk toolkit.

Through extensive examples, readers will discover how to create window-based applications with amazingly few lines of code; master Tk's powerful facility for linking applications; and use features ranging from hypertext and hypergraphics widgets to procedures, list management, and subprocess execution. This book also contains unmatched coverage of Tcl/Tk's C interfaces, which permit programmers to extend the language's built-in features by writing new C commands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 032133633X
• ISBN 13: 9780321336330
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 808