Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk

Brent B. Welch9780130220288, 0130220280

The Tcl/Tk best-seller, now completely updated for Tcl 8.2 and the Tcl Web Server! Tcl/Tk 8.2 is the first scripting language that can handle enterprise-wide integration tasks that encompass Windows, Solaris, Macintosh, and other key platforms. Now, in this fully updated Third Edition, Tcl/Tk development team member and best-selling author Brent Welch presents all you need to know to achieve powerful results with Tcl/Tk 8.2 and the new Tcl Web Server. Coverage includes: * Tcl’s fundamental mechanisms and operating system interfaces * Basic and advanced coding techniques and tools, including the Tcl script library facility * Tk and X Windows-with detailed examples and sample widgets * The new, extensible Tcl Web Server * New Tcl internationalization features and thread support * New techniques for working with regular expressions and namespaces You’ll find extensive coverage of user interface development, as well as application integration techniques that leverage Tcl/Tk’s powerful cross-platform scripting capabilities. Welch covers Tcl’s extensive network support, as well as Safe Tcl, C programming with the Tk toolkit, the Tcl compiler, and Tcl/Tk plug-ins for Netscape and Internet Explorer. Whether you’re a current Tcl/Tk programmer, or a developer searching for a convenient, powerful multiplatform scripting language, Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, Third Edition delivers exactly what you’re looking for. “This is an excellent book, loaded with useful examples. Newcomers to Tk will find the widget descriptions particularly helpful. – John Ousterhout CEO and founder of Scriptics Corporation and thecreator of Tcl/Tk “Brent Welch fills an important need for an introduction to Tcl/Tk with an applied focus and with coverage of many of the useful extensions available . . . I recommend this book to my new students . . . and I keep a copy handy for my own use. – Joseph A. Konstan, Professor of Computer Science University of Minnesota ABOUT THE CD-ROM The accompanying CD-ROM includes the Tcl Web Server; Tcl/Tk distributions for Windows 9x/NT, Solaris, and Macintosh; plus an extensive collection of free Tcl/Tk software-including all the code from the book. Art: Include the same boxed quotes that appeared on the 2e back cover.