**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***
&|'''Windows'''| [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/], [WinTclTk] [http://wintcltk.berlios.de/], [eTcl] [http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl/index.html]|&

&|'''Linux'''| [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/], [eTcl] [http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl/index.html] (all distros have their own version)|&

&|'''Mac OS X'''| [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/], [TclTkAquaBI], [eTcl] [http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl/index.html]|&

&|'''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 .|&

&|'''AIX'''| [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/]|&
&|'''HP-UX'''| [ActiveTcl] [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/]|&
&|'''Windows CE'''| [eTcl] [http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl/index.html]|&
&|'''Others'''| [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.
   * [How to compile Tcl and C extensions]
   * [gettcl]

***Extras you should have***
   * [debugging], [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.
   * [Starter Tcl]
   * [What is Tcl]
   * [Tcl intro]
   * [Beginning Tcl]
   * [Beginning Tk]
   * [A User's Guide to Tcl/Tk]
   * A community Tutorial [tcltutorial]


**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]

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