** Summary **

An interactive community project to teach [Tcl/Tk] [scripting].

** Description **

This page is a group project.  Please add topics, fill in information on topics already present, etc.

If you were going to teach someone to program in Tk, where would you start?


   [What is Tk]?:   
   [Tk syntax help]:   
   [The Hello World program as implemented in Tcl/Tk]:   
   [Show me an example]:   takes the Hello World program farther.
   [Hello, Widgets! (a rock-bottom basic tutorial in Tcl and Tk)]:   
   [Widgets in the initial Tk package]:   many screenshots
   [Tk examples]:   
   [Tk glossary]:   
   [Tk performance]:   
   [Text widget example]:   
   [Text widget syntax highlighting]:    
   [A change-sensitive text widget]:   
   [A little hypertext system]:   
   [menu]:   
   [Menus made easy]:   
   [An entry with a history]:   
   [Tk image Dos and Don'ts]:   
   [A simple voltmeter]:   
   [Dial widget]:   
   [A little spellchecker]:   
   [A little function plotter]:   
   [An analog clock in Tk]:   
   [Tkeyes]:   
   [A file properties dialog]:   
   [A minimal console]:   
   [A little file searcher]:   
   [Scroll bars that appear only when needed]:   
   [Paning widgets]:   
   [Interrupting loops]:   how to build a stop button
   [Apple Macintosh and Tcl/Tk]:   
   [Microsoft Windows and Tcl]:   
   [Microsoft Windows and Tk]:   
   [Windows/CE]:   
   [Pocket PC]:   
   [Common questions about Tk]:   
   [Bag of Tk algorithms]:   lots of little procs, help yourself
   [A minimal editor explained]:   
   [A minimal doodler explained]:   
   [Some common mistakes when programming in Tcl/Tk]:   
   [Tcl/Tk Template Applications]:   a template for a basic Tk application
   [Event programming and why it is relevant to Tcl/Tk programming]:   
   [Widgets in the initial Tk package]:   
   [Bindings and why they are important]:   
   [How does one change the font in the wish widgets]?:   
   [How do I insert text programmatically at the current insertion point]:   in a text widget?
   [Which Widget]:   How to find the name and type of a TK Widget.
   [When all you want is to run a Tk application]:   
   [Shapes and Lights - a simple canvas script]:   
   [Coming to Tcl/Tk from an IDE environment]:   
   [http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActiveTcl/tcl/tk_contents.htm%|%ActiveTcl User Guide]:   For [ActiveTcl]
   [A tiny drawing program]:   
   [Writing Tk programs so that the user can do simple custimizations without modifying the application]:   
   [Writing Tk programs so that the user can extend or interact with them without modifying the application]:   

If you don't know Tcl all that well yet, you should visit [Beginning Tcl] to
help you get the hang of the language that Tk is most commonly hosted in.

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