Version 21 of Advanced Tcl

Updated 2012-12-15 04:03:46 by RLE

For those programmers who are beyond Beginning Tcl, and would really like to exploit some of the power of the Tcl language and/or the Tk Toolkit, here is a list of pages describing some advanced concepts.

This is a grab bag of new ideas that you might one day find useful. It isn't indexed to help you solve specific problems. Just read through it for ideas. Come back later for a refresher when you want to try them out.

RWT

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Tcl Concepts

• Building Tcl extensions
• package management
• Tcl Performance
• Regular Expressions
• Arrays / Hash Maps
• String Processing
• Variable Traces - when are they useful?
• How can I compile Tcl type scripts into binary code?
• Meta Programming
• Sockets demonstration using an all-Tcl Sendmail
• What kinds of Tcl data types exist?
• How do I control a physical device such as a Serial Port in Tcl?
• Introspection
• Radical Language Modification
• What should I be sure to do so my Tcl based programs run cross platform?
• How do I manage lock files in a cross platform manner in Tcl?
• Will's Guide to Creating Object Commands [L1 ]
• Objects in Tcl [L2 ]
• Interacting with the internet
• Interacting with databases
• New Control Structures
• Data files in Tcl (simple tricks to parse text files) [L3 ]
• Tcl Handles - passing C pointers around in Tcl
• How can I add a new option to an existing Tcl command?
• Data is code
• paragraphing

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Tk Concepts

• Tk Performance
• Entry Field Processing
• Event Processing
• Bryan Oakley's "Poor Man's" Drag-N-Drop Example
• Geometry Managers
• Practical Guide to Choosing Fonts
• The Great Big Grab Bag of Grab Tips - for when you want to redirect events from one window to another.
• The Option Database is a great way of getting user-configurable and localizable applications [L4 ]
• Adding User Data to Widgets the Megawidget Way
• Tk image Dos and Don'ts
• Cross Platform differences in Tcl/Tk

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Interfacing to C

• Hello World as a C extension
• Writing Extensions
• Critcl builds C extensions on-the-fly
• Pointer clean-up! - PSE
• Blessed Tcl_Obj Values, or how to make that struct full of pointers be passable through Tcl while guaranteeing that no loose references can be generated - DKF
• How do I use the Tcl C API?

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Other topics

• Bag of algorithms - Bag of Tk algorithms - Bag of number/time spellers - Example scripts everybody should have - Braintwisters - Tcl gems
• When should Tcl/Tk/etc. NOT be used?
• The Halting Problem in Tcl form...
• Tk in a set-userid application
• How do I report a bug in Tcl, Tk, ...?
• Incr Tcl Design Patterns

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