Title Statements
- Full title :Tcl/Tk : a developer's guide / Clif Flynt.
Summary
Newly updated with over 150 pages of material on the latest Tcl extensions, Tcl/Tk: A Developer's Guide is a unique practical tutorial for professional programmers and beginners alike. Starting with a clear picture of the basics, Tcl/Tk covers the variety of tools in this "Swiss army knife" of programming languages, giving you the ability to enhance your programs, extend your application's capabilities, and become a more effective programmer. This updated edition covers all of the new features of version 8.6, including object-oriented programming and the creation of megawidgets, existing data structure implementations, themed widgets and virtual events. Extensive code snippets and online tutorials in various languages will give you a firm grasp on how to use the Tcl/Tk libraries and interpreters and, most importantly, on what constitutes an effective strategy for using Tcl/Tk. Includes the latest features of Tcl/Tk 8.6 Covers Tcl development tools, popular extensions, and packages to allow developers to solve real-world problems with Tcl/Tk immediately Provides straightforward explanations for beginners and offers tips, style guidelines, and debugging techniques for advanced users Companion website includes Tcl/Tk tutorials, applications, distributions, and more tools.
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- Publication Date:2012.
- Edition:3rd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Elsevier
- Place of Publication:Waltham, Mass
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
Notes
Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Tcl/Tk Features Chapter 2: The Mechanics of Using the Tcl and Tk Interpreters Chapter 3: Introduction to the Tcl Language Chapter 4: File System, Disk I/O and Sockets Chapter 5: Using Strings and Lists Chapter 6: Basic list, array and dict Chapter 7: Advanced List, array and dict Chapter 8: Procedure Techniques Chapter 9: Namespaces Chapter 10: Basic TclOO Chapter 11: Advanced TclOO Chapter 12: Packages and modules Chapter 13: Introduction to Tk Graphics Chapter 14: Overview of the canvas Widget Chapter 15: The text widget and htmllib Chapter 16: Themed Widgets Chapter 17: Tk Megawidgets Chapter 18: Writing a Tcl Extension Chapter 19: Extensions and Packages Chapter 20: Programming Tools Chapter 21: Debugging and Optimization techniques Chapter 22: Tips and Techniques.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 792 pages) : : illustrations (some color).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780123847188, 0123847184, 1283447894, 9781283447898, 9786613447890, 6613447897
- oclc:ocn785776828
- LC Classification:QA76.73.T44
- Dewey Decimal:005.2/762
Table of Contents
Front Cover -- Tcl/Tk: A Developer's Guide -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Tcl/Tk: GUI Programming in a Gooey World -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Where to Get More Information -- 1 Tcl/Tk Features -- 1.1 Tcl Overview -- 1.1.1 The Standard Tcl Distribution -- 1.1.2 Documentation -- 1.2 Tcl as a Glue Language -- 1.2.1 Tcl Scripts Compared with UNIX Shell Scripts -- 1.2.2 Tcl Scripts Compared with MS-DOS .bat Files -- 1.3 Tcl as a General-purpose Interpreter -- 1.3.1 Tcl/Tk Compared to Visual Basic -- 1.3.2 Tcl/Tk Compared to Perl -- 1.3.3 Tcl/Tk Compared to Python -- 1.3.4 Tcl/Tk Compared to Java -- 1.4 Tcl as an Extensible Interpreter -- 1.5 Tcl as an Embeddable Interpreter -- 1.6 Tcl as a Rapid Development Tool -- 1.7 GUI-based Programming -- 1.8 Shipping Products -- 1.9 Bottom Line -- 1.10 Problems -- 2 The Mechanics of Using the Tcl and Tk Interpreters -- 2.1 The tclsh and wish Interpreters -- 2.1.1 Starting the tclsh and wish Interpreters -- 2.1.2 Starting tclsh or wish under UNIX -- Errors Caused by Improper Installation -- 2.1.3 Starting tclsh or wish under Microsoft Windows -- 2.1.4 Starting tclsh or wish on the Mac -- Making a Desktop Ico…
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