Tcl/Tk
A Developer's Guide
- 3rd Edition - February 7, 2012
- Author: Clif Flynt
- Language: English
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… Read more
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
Applications developers, programmers, software testers, systems software engineers, software architects, and design engineers
Chapter 1. Tcl/Tk Features
1.1 Tcl Overview
1.2 Tcl As a Glue Language
1.3 Tcl As a General-Purpose Interpreter
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
Chapter 2. The Mechanics of Using the Tcl and Tk Interpreters
2.1 The tclsh and wish Interpreters
2.2 Using tclsh/wish Interactively
2.3 Evaluating Tcl Script Files
2.4 Bottom Line
2.5 Problems
Chapter 3. Introduction to the Tcl Language
3.1 Overview of the Basics
3.2 Command Evaluation and Substitutions
3.3 Data Types
3.4 Arithmetic and Boolean Operations
3.5 Modularization
3.6 Bottom Line
3.7 Problems
Chapter 4. Navigating the File System, Basic I/O and Sockets
4.1 Navigating the File System
4.2 Properties of File System Items
4.3 Removing Files
4.4 Input/Output in TCL
4.5 Sockets
4.6 Bottom Line
4.7 Problems
Chapter 5. Using Strings and Lists
5.1 Converting a String into a List
5.2 Examining the List with a for Loop
5.3 Using the foreach Command
5.4 Using string match Instead of string first
5.5 Using lsearch
5.6 The regexp Command
5.7 Creating a Procedure
5.8 Making a Script
5.9 Speed
5.10 Bottom Line
5.11 Problems
Chapter 6. Complex Data Structures with Lists, Arrays and Dicts
6.1 Using the Tcl List
6.2 Using the Dict
6.3 Using the Associative Array
6.4 Trees in Tcl
6.5 Tcl and SQL
6.6 Performance
6.7 Bottom Line
6.8 Problems
Chapter 7. Procedure Techniques
7.1 Arguments to Procedures
7.2 Renaming or Deleting Commands
7.3 Getting Information About Procedures
7.4 Substitution and Evaluation of Strings
7.5 Working with Global and Local Scopes
7.6 Making a Tcl Object
7.7 Bottom Line
7.8 Problems
Chapter 8. Namespaces, Packages and Modules
8.1 Namespaces and Scoping Rules
8.2 Packages
8.3 TCL Modules
8.4 Namespaces and Packages
8.5 Hanoi with a Stack Namespace and Package
8.6 Conventions and Caveats
8.7 Bottom Line
8.8 Problems
Chapter 9. Basic Object-Oriented Programming in Tcl
9.1 Creating a TclOO Class and Object
9.2 Bottom Line
9.3 Problems
Chapter 10. Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in Tcl
10.1 Modifying Classes and Objects
10.2 Modifying Objects
10.3 Examining Classes and Objects
10.4 Examining Objects
10.5 Using TclOO with Callbacks
10.6 Adding New Functionality to TCLOO
10.7 Bottom Line
10.8 Problems
Chapter 11. Introduction to Tk Graphics
11.1 Creating a Widget
11.2 Conventions
11.3 Common Options
11.4 Determining and Setting Options
11.5 The Basic Widgets
11.6 Introducing Widgets: label, button, and entry
11.7 Application Layout: Geometry Managers and Container Widgets
11.8 Selection Widgets: radiobutton, checkbutton, menu, and listbox
11.9 Scrollbar
11.10 The scale Widget
11.11 New Windows
11.12 Interacting with the Event Loop
11.13 Scheduling the Future: after
11.14 Bottom Line
11.15 Problems
Chapter 12. Using the Canvas Widget
12.1 Overview of the canvas Widget
12.2 Creating a canvas Widget
12.3 Creating Displayable canvas Items
12.4 More canvas Widget Subcommands
12.5 The bind and focus Commands
12.6 Creating a Widget
12.7 A Help Balloon: Interacting with the Window Manager
12.8 The image Object
12.9 Bottom Line
12.10 Problems
Chapter 13. The text Widget and htmllib
13.1 Overview of the text Widget
13.2 Creating a text Widget
13.3 Text Widget Subcommands
13.4 HTML Display Package
13.5 Bottom Line
13.6 Problems
Chapter 14. Tk Megawidgets
14.1 Standard Dialog Widgets
14.2 Megawidget Building Philosophy
14.3 Functionality That Makes Megawidgets Possible
14.4 Building a Megawidget
14.5 A Scrolling Listbox Megawidget
14.6 Namespaces and TK Widgets
14.7 Incorporating a Megawidget into a Larger Megawidget
14.8 Making a Modal Megawidget: The grab and tkwait Commands
14.9 Automating Megawidget Construction
14.10 Building Megawidgets with TclOO
14.11 Bottom Line
14.12 Problems
Chapter 15. Extending Tcl
15.1 Functional View of a TCL Extension
15.2 Building an Extension
15.3 An Example
15.4 Complex Data
15.5 Embedding the Tcl Interpreter
15.6 Building Tcl and Tk from Sources
15.7 Bottom Line
15.8 Problems
Chapter 16. Applications with Multiple Environments
16.1 Event Loop
16.2 Threads
16.3 Embedded Tcl Interp and Threading
16.4 Bottom Line
16.5 Problems
Chapter 17. Extensions and Packages
17.1 [incr Tcl]
17.2 Expect
17.3 TclX
17.4 TDBC
17.5 Rivet
17.6 BWidgets
17.7 Graphics Extensions: Img
17.8 Bottom Line
Chapter 18. Programming Tools
18.1 Code Formatter
18.2 Code Checkers
18.3 Debuggers
18.4 Exercising and Regression Testing
18.5 Packaging Tools
18.6 Tcl Extension Generators
18.6 Integrated Development Environments
18.8 Bottom Line
Chapter 19. Tips and Techniques
19.1 Debugging Techniques
19.2 TCL as a Glue Language: The exec Command
19.3 Common Mistakes
19.4 Coding Tips and Techniques
19.5 Optimization
19.6 Techniques for Improving Performance
19.7 Bottom Line
- Edition: 3
- Published: February 7, 2012
- Language: English
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Clif Flynt
Clif Flynt is a professional programmer and has been a Tcl advocate since 1994. He has developed Tcl applications for the e-commerce, factory control, computer-based education, network analysis, games, firewall configuration, systems administration, and more. He has taught Tcl/Tk seminars in colleges and corporations around the world and writes regularly on Tcl/Tk for the developer community.
Affiliations and expertise
CEO, Noumena Corporation, Dexter, Michigan, USARead Tcl/Tk on ScienceDirect