CDROM  CONTENTS: Tcl Script Writing Tutorials Advanced Topics

 

  Tcl Script Writing Tutorials

Sometimes just seeing information presented in a different manner makes all the difference between knowing it cold and almost getting it.

These tutorials will provide you with different views of the Tcl language.

1. Introduction to Tcl

   William Ho ( bill@technologyarchitects.com) has written a concise introduction to the Tcl language, describing the command syntax, and including examples.

2. Tcl Tutorial

   Robert Hill, Shyamalan Pather, and Matt Peters created this 13 lesson tutorial on the Tcl language.

3. The Tcl/Tk CookBook tutorial

   This is an excellent and complete tutorial by Lakshmi and Venkat Sastry. It covers Tcl, Tk, and building extensions.

4. TclTutor

TclTutor is a computer aided instruction package that teaches the basics of Tcl with 43 interactive lessons. Each lesson includes a short description of a Tcl command or concept, and example code that demonstrates the concept.

5. Slides for a Tcl/Tk course

   These are html versions of the slides for Dr. Ernest J. Friedman-Hill's 5 week Tcl and Tk course.

   The slides are available as HTML for browsing, or you can copy the PowerPoint files to your system to view with a PowerPoint viewer.

  Advanced Topics

Once you've mastered the basics of Tcl and Tk there are more subtle aspects you can play with. These articles describe how to use some of the less common features of the language.

1. Tk Options

   Donal Fellows describes how to use the X windows Xdb option database with Tk widgets.

2. Concepts of Architectural Design for Tcl Applications

   Alexandre Ferrieux discusses design techniqes (patterns) for software engineering in general, and Tcl scripts in particular.

3. Introduction to Expect

   Will Morse originally wrote this paper for the Landmark Graphics Corporation WorldWide Technology Conference in 1994. Some of the URL's mentioned in this paper are a bit dated, and Will now works for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, not BHP, but his discussion of how expect and tclsh can be used is still correct and valid.

4. Using Extensions

   Jean-Claude Wippler's discussion of writing extensions explains the mechanics of writing an extension, as well as the control flow between Tcl scripts and machine language extensions, and explains when and why you might prefer an extension to writing a pure Tcl application.

   A sample extension with make and project files for Linux, MS-Windows and Mac is available at: http://www.equi4.com/tclget/, and on the Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers CD-ROM under the /skeltns directory.

      Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers      
Clif Flynt

Academic Press Professional 1998
ISBN: 0122612051

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