BOOK Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, Third edition

Author: Brent Welch
WWW book information: http://www.beedub.com/book/
Third Edition Errata: http://www.beedub.com/book/3rd/Errata1.html
Book's examples: http://www.beedub.com/book/tclbook3.tar.gz
Book's table of contents: http://www.beedub.com/book/3rd/bookTOC.html

This updated edition describes Tcl / Tk 8.2.x. Along with the material from the first two editions, there are new chapters on the Tcl Web Server, building Tcl/Tk and extensions from the source, and internationalization. Several chapters got major overhauls, including the ones on regular expressions, eval, C programming, and the Web browser plug-in. a great section describing the changes in Tcl/Tk 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2. A new binding and a massively enlarged index also were included.

Earlier editions of this book have also been translated. Check your favorite book store to see the info on the latest edition.

8 sample chapters are available in electronic format - see the table of contents URL above for these chapters:

  • Preface
  • 1. Tcl Fundamentals
  • 10.Quoting Issues and Eval
  • 11.Regular Expressions
  • 18.TclHttpd Web Server
  • 22.Tk by Example
  • 44.C Programming and Tcl
  • 45.Compiling Tcl and Extensions

See also Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, Fourth Edition, the latest release.