Tcl/Tk - What is Tcl?

Tcl/Tk module T201

What is Tcl?

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module T201. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Tcl, Tcl Basics

Tcl is a programming language, but what's it used for? This module introduces you to the main characteristics of Tcl, Tcl/Tk and Expect, and tells you about resources, releases and support too.

Related technical and longer articles

Why have Tcl/Tk been around for so long?

Articles and tips on this subject		updated
2463	Tcl - a true interpretive, command based language Tcl is a very different language to the others that I give courses on - it's a truly interpretive language who's structure is based on commands rather than operators and operands. Thank sounds a bit technical - so what does it really mean? A Truly Interpretive language is interpreted each step along ...	2009-10-20
1268	Changes in advertising cut lines / Buscot / Tcl course Please look at the above for at least 2 minutes as it probably won't appear again in this paper for six months So says the last line on the bottom of an old advert displayed on the wall of the Village Shop in Buscot, Oxfordshire, where Lisa, Dad and I had afternoon tea yesterday. Buscot Village Shop The ...	2007-07-16
1174	Installing Tcl and Expect on Solaris 10 - a checklist Hot off the presses from the last couple of days - a check list (and a couple of "Gotcha" notes) concerning the installation of Tcl and Expect on a Solaris 10 system, compiling from scratch were possible. You'll need a C Compiler We used gcc (the Gnu C compiler) and we installed it from Sun standard ...	2007-05-03
691	Testing you Perl / PHP / MySQL / Tcl knowledge There are some aspects of our work - such as training and helping people specify and plan their systems - that have a positive aura about them and are naturally forward looking. Yes, we celebrate those jobs. Other aspects, such as support and repair work, start off with a natural "down" - we're called ...	2006-06-05

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Background information

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Topics covered in this module

What you (to program) need to learn.
Extended Tcl applications.
Expect.
Tcl/Tk.
Combinations.
The browser plugin.
Other extensions.
[Incr Tcl].
[Incr Tk].
Tix.
TclX.
BLT.
OraTcl and SybTcl.
TclOdbc.
Others.
Commonly used Tcl scripts and applications.
TclHttpd.
Vignette.
UG/Post Builder.
Cloverleaf.
Radia from Novadigm (now part of HP).
Who looks after Tcl?.
Portability.
Tcl resources.

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