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Summary: Everything you need to get started in Tcl/Tk
Review: "Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers" by Clif Flynt is everything you need to start writing applications in Tcl/Tk right away. If you're guessing that "Tcl/Tk" is some obscure Internet protocol or another hopeless Unix shell language, think again. Instead, Tcl/Tk is a cross-platform development system for rapidly producing prototypes and full-blown applications as scripts, embedded languages, and GUI-based systems. With more extensibility than Perl and a whole lot less hype than Java, you can write once and run on Win32, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, and all known variants of Unix. Brian Kernighan, a patriarch of the original "C" language, is one of the adherents who ranks Tcl/Tk ahead of Visual Basic for rapid application development.
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Summary: If you don't know where to start, that's your book
Review: A clean and effective introduction to tcl/tk, with clear and not too easy examples. Guide you through the language, *before* letting you start with the hubrys of easy gui programming. Little bit obscure on obscure topics (e.g. how to use regular expressions), and sometimes look too far ahead of what it has already told you.
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Summary: TCL is a programming language.
Review: Combining the best of C and object Pascal, TCL offers the programer many of the tools needed for Internet development "HTTP, HTML, POP3, SMTP, TclPro Debugger". When I realized there was a CD packaged with the book I was very quick to install the TCL compiler. It's at least as good as my latest "Borland C++ Builder" aka "Delphi".
My only complaint: "What the heck are Tk MegaWidgets"?
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Summary: A great book!
Review: I find Flynt's presentation of information very clear. He presents difficult topics in the order that makes the most sense, tells you just what you need to know without excess verbiage, and gives clear examples.I've been using Tcl/Tk for over six years, and have several books on the subject, but this is the one I reach for first. Other books concentrate more on specialized topics like Web programming, but this is a solid text and reference for the basics. His reviews of extensions and other useful packages are also very helpful
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Summary: Best general Tcl book so far
Review: I find Flynt's presentation of information very clear. He presents difficult topics in the order that makes the most sense, tells you just what you need to know without excess verbiage, and gives clear examples. I've been using Tcl/Tk for over six years, and have several books on the subject, but this is the one I reach for first. Other books concentrate more on specialized topics like Web programming, but this is a solid text and reference for the basics. His reviews of extensions and other useful packages are also very helpful
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Summary: Designed to get you up and running fast.
Review: I learned Tcl/Tk almost 5 years ago, not because it was a neat language, but because I needed to perform some regression testing on code I was maintaining, and Tcl looked like the best tool for the job. I wrote Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers to help folks in a similar need-to-use-it-now mode get up to speed as quickly as possible. The second goal was to explain some advanced concepts like how to do large project management with the namespace and package commands. The CD-ROM has several tutorials, both html based and interactive to get you programming within a few hours. The book fills in more details and explains how to use Tcl constructs you may not be familiar with (like associative arrays). Finally, the CD-ROM has a set of real world case studies provided by folks from around the world explaining what they did, and how. I tried hard to make this book a one-stop source for Tcl/Tk programmers. I hope you'll think I succeeded.
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Summary: Just what I was looking for
Review: I've been writing code for 8 years and despise books that think I need a lesson in theory. Luckily, Clif Flynt's book is targeted at people like me. I've read the first 4 chapters on Tcl and then skipped ahead to Tk. No problem. It does lack a certain amount of detail, but nothing a scan through the Tcl/Tk docs wont fill in. Plus the CD has some good examples and some interesting (although largely outdated) tools.
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Summary: Simply GREAT!
Review: If you are going to buy only one book about tcl/tk it has to be this one . It goes right down to the point and teaches what you want to learn.
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Summary: Terrific!! Informative and resourceful.
Review: In a very clear manner this book (along with it's resources) explains what tcl/tk is and what it can do. I've found it usefull for both unix and windows programming.
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Summary: Not a bad book for reference.
Review: This book is a great introduction to tcl/tk for experienced programmers. Flynt even covers some of the particulars of different platforms.
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