'''Obtaining [Tcl]/[Tk]''' Look at [places to find Tcl binaries and sources] or the ones listed here for your convenience: Binary distributions for common platforms * ''links to distributions for Microsoft Windows:'' [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/], [WinTclTk] [http://wintcltk.berlios.de/] * ''links to distributions for Linux:'' [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/] [[someone want to pointers to other sources?]] * ''links to Daniel Steffen's MacOS X Tcl releases'' [[ [TclTkAquaBI] ]] (though, in general, this has been pre-empted since Tcl/Tk 8.4.10 by the [ActiveTcl] releases). * ''links to distributions for Sun Solaris:'' [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/], http://www.blastwave.org/ has binary packages for Solaris SPARC and x86. As of Feb 2007, Tcl/Tk 8.4.10 is the version distributed in the stable tree . * ''links to distributions for AIX:'' [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/] * ''links to distributions for HP-UX:'' [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/] * ''links to [Tclkit]'' [http://www.equi4.com/tclkit] ''or [dqkit]'' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dqsoftware] Source code * ''distributions on sourceforge'' Tcl and Tk [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894] * ''[CVS] on [sourceforge]'' is the source code management system used to control changes to tcl, tk, and other extensions. Extras you should have * [What debugging tools are available to a Tcl programmer] and [Tcl Editors] * ''links to [tcllib]'' - just one of many [tcl/tk extensions] available * ''links explaining the [extension]s concept'' [How to make Tcl/Tk work on my computer] '''Learning Tcl/Tk''' Once you've got Tcl/Tk on your computer there are a number of pages that will help you learn about Tcl and Tk * [What is Tcl] * [Tcl intro] * [Beginning Tcl] * [Beginning Tk] * [A User's Guide to Tcl/Tk] * The soon to be bundled Tutorial [http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/tutorial/tcltutorial.html] '''Getting deeper''' There are also a number of books available * [Informal Tcl Book Reviews] * [Book Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk] (in print) * [BOOK Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers] (in print) * [Book Effective Tcl - Writing Better Programs in Tcl and Tk] * [Book Tcl and the Tk Toolkit] Also available is the [Tcl Tutor] program and various [Online Tcl and Tk Tutorials]. Web resources worth visiting include * [Dirty Dozen] * the [comp.lang.tcl] newsgroup '''Advanced resources''' * [Arts and Crafts of Tcl-Tk programming] ---- Revision 55 [http://mini.net/tclrevs/11483.55] seems to have undergone partial translation. If someone (recognises the language and) thinks that material is useful, then it should probably be placed on a page of its own. ---- [Category Tutorial]