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Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (4th Edition)
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Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (4th Edition) Paperback - 2003 - 4th Edition

by Welch, Brent, Jones, Ken

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This revision includes substantial updates to cover the new version 8.4--giving an overview of the features and details about every command in the language. Version 8.4 of TCL--Tool Command Language--provides substantial updates to one of the most popular UNIX scripting languages.

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  • Title Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (4th Edition)
  • Author Welch, Brent, Jones, Ken
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 4th
  • Edition 4
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 960
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pearson, Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom
  • Date 2003-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2EE-07-2644
  • ISBN 9780130385604 / 0130385603
  • Weight 2.97 lbs (1.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 7.02 x 1.34 in (23.77 x 17.83 x 3.40 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Tcl (Computer program language)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004270047
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.133

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From the rear cover

Practical Programming in Tcl/Tk, 4th edition

  • Authoritative coverage of every Tcl and Tk command in the core toolkits
  • State-of-the-art Tk GUI coverage for Tcl, Perl, Python, and Ruby developers
  • Covers all key Tcl 8.4 enhancements: VFS, internationalization and performance improvements, new widgets, and much more
  • Covers multi-threaded Tcl applications and Starkits, a revolutionary way to package and deploy Tcl applications
The world's #1 guide to Tcl/Tk has been thoroughly updated to reflect Tcl/Tk8.4's powerful improvements in functionality, flexibility, and performance!Brent Welch, Ken Jones, and Jeffrey Hobbs, three of the world's leading Tcl/Tk experts, cover every facet of Tcl/Tk programming, including cross-platform scripting and GUI development, networking, enterprise application integration, and much more.Coverage includes:

  • Systematic explanations and sample code for all Tcl/Tk 8.4 core commands
  • Complete Tk GUI development guidance--perfect for developers working with Perl, Python, or Ruby
  • Insider's insights into Tcl 8.4's key enhancements: VFS layer, internationalized font/character set support, new widgets, and more
  • Definitive coverage of TclHttpd web server--written by its creator
  • New ways to leverage Tcl/Tk 8.4's major performance improvements
  • Advanced coverage: threading, Safe Tcl, Tcl script library, regular expressions, and namespaces
Whether you1re upgrading to Tcl/Tk 8.4, or building GUIs for applicationscreated with other languages, or just searching for a better cross-platformscripting solution, Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, Fourth Editiondelivers all you need to get results!

About the author

BRENT B. WELCH is a software architect at Panasas, and former researchengineer at Sun Microsystems and Xerox(R) PARC. He served as senior webengineer at Scriptics, and has been involved in Tcl and Tk from theirearliest days, developing major Tcl applications such as the exmh email userinterface and TclHttpd web server.

Ken Jones has provided training and documentation for software developersfor almost 20 years. He has specialized in the Tcl/Tk language since 1998.

Jeffrey Hobbs is a member of the Tcl Core Team and the release manager forTcl/Tk core. As Senior Developer at ActiveState, he is technical lead forTcl technologies. He served as Tcl Ambassador for Scriptics, and maintainsthe Tk Usage FAQ.