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'TCL/TK for Dummies (For Dummies)
 
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'TCL/TK for Dummies (For Dummies) (Paperback)

by Tim Webster (Author), Alex Francis (Author)
2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Paperback: 361 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Pap/Cdr edition (26 Sep 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0764501526
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764501524
  • Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,649,398 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #19 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Programming > Languages > TCL
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Just what you need –– another programming language that promises to transform your Web site into an interactive multimedia powerhouse. But before you roll your eyes, consider this: Tcl/Tk, the new scripting language from the folks who gave us Java, not only adds interactivity and multimedia to Web pages, but it′s also easy to use –– even for non–programmers. And Tcl/Tk For Dummies makes easy–to–use even easier.

A practical, comprehensive reference, Tcl/Tk For Dummies introduces you to the language and what you can do with it. Authors Tim Webster and Alex Francis quickly get you up to speed writing your own tclets, compact programs that run within Web pages viewed in the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browsing programs. The authors spell out the language′s simple syntax and present the commands, procedures, functions, variables, and other elements that make up Tcl/Tk. They also show you how to use widgets, convenient, ready–to–use components that you can add to your Tcl/Tk programs.

In addition, Tcl/Tk For Dummies provides hands–on information on how to do things like

  • Develop useful applications that run within a Web browser as if they were traditional, stand–alone programs running under a regular operating system
  • Write platform–independent scripts that run on Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, and even on BeOS platforms
  • Create animation and games to add value and fun to Web pages
  • Improve your Web server′s performance by shifting the burden from server–side CGI scripts to client–side Tcl/Tk scripts
Plus, the Tcl/Tk For Dummies CD–ROM includes the Mac and Windows Tcl/Tk 8.0 development software with Wish 8.0, and HTML editor, and plenty of sample code from the book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as other "Dummies" books., 8 April 1999
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Bought this book because I was so impressed with "Perl 5 for Dummies", but "TCL/TK for Dummies" doesn't measure up. Lots of mistakes, no good reference material in the appendix section, and not very well organized. An example irritant is a reference to more information on the "listbox command" in chapter 22... while the book ends with chapter 21.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to follow. Humurous and easy reading., 2 April 1999
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I have had the opportunity to read several programming books in the past year as a student. The text books used in school are hard to read and even harder to follow. Learning a language from the text books offered without the aid af an instructor would be impossible. This book, on the other hand, makes it possible for anyone to learn and master the procedures required to use TCL in an industrial environment.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Too buggy to be useful, 7 Dec 1998
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Not a bad book, but the editing is truly c-----, especially on examples and figures. Spaces are omitted, labels are wrong, etc. Also, the author gets some things wrong, like his explanation of "Dealing with the width of widgets containing text". Here he gives a tortured workaround due to what he thinks is a bug in Tcl, which is really his misreading of the manual (c means "character", not "centimeter" in text widgets.) The concept and writing of the book is otherwise pretty good, but I'd wait for a better editing job on the next edition. Or better, buy Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk by Brent Welch.
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