Tcl Books
Tcl/Tk Introductions
The following books are good introductions to Tcl/Tk:
- Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, 4th ed. by Brent Welch and Ken Jones. (Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN: 0-13-038560-3.)
- The “bible” for Tcl information. It is by far the most comprehensive reference to the Tcl language available, and packed with great examples. Highly recommended.
- Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, 2nd ed., by John Ousterhout and Ken Jones. (Addison-Wesley, 2009. ISBN: 0-321-33633-X.)
- From the creator of Tcl/Tk himself, completely updated for Tcl/Tk 8.5. It provides a clear and simple explanation of Tcl/Tk fundamentals, as well as the most comprehensive explanation of Tcls C API.
- Tcl/Tk: A Developers Guide, 3rd ed., by Clif Flynt. (Morgan Kaufmann, 2003. ISBN: 978-0-12-384717-1.)
- Flynts book assumes that youre an experienced programmer who wants to add Tcl/Tk to your toolkit of languages. Flynt demonstrates Tcl/Tk features in extended examples such as creating tree data structures and HTML display widgets.
- Teach Yourself Tcl/Tk in 24 Hours, by Venkat VSS Sastry and Lakshmi Sastry. (Sams Publishing, 2000. ISBN: 0-672-31749-4.)
- A step-by-step introduction to Tcl/Tk, including quizes and exercises. Unfortunately, it appears as though the publisher has allowed this title to go out of print.
Tcl/Tk Extensions and Applications
The following titles cover more specific applications of Tcl/Tk technologies and extensions (all assume a working knowledge of Tcl/Tk):
- Exploring Expect, by Don Libes. (OReilly & Associates, 1995. ISBN: 1-56592-090-2.)
- By the author of the Expect extension himself, this book provides a comprehensive guide for using this invaluable tool for automated test and systems administration applications. Despite its age, the book still accurately describes virtually all of Expects features — a tribute to the completeness and stability of the extension.
- [incr Tcl/Tk] from the Ground Up, by Chad Smith. (Osborrne/McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN: 0-07-212106-8.)
- Packed with examples and clear explanations, Smith introduces you to [incr Tcl], a widely-used extension that adds object-oriented programming features to Tcl. Smith also covers [incr Tk], an object-oriented framework for constructing megawidgets, and [incr Widgets], a collection of pre-built megawidgets. Unfortunately, it appears as though the publisher has allowed this title to go out of print.
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