Tcl/Tk - [incr-Tcl]

Tcl/Tk module T245

[incr-Tcl]

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module T245. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Tcl, Tcl Basics

[incr-Tcl] is the Object Oriented extension to Tcl which is now available Open Source like the main language. This module looks at class and object definition and use, and how Tcl implements inheritance and overloading.

Related technical and longer articles

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Loading incr-tcl into tclsh
Incr-Tcl - Object Oriented extension to Tcl

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Examples from our training material

animal.itcl	A simple class in [incr-tcl]
animal2.itcl	class that loads Itcl into basic Tclsh
bigger.itcl	[Incr-Tcl] Demonstration 2
exv	Multiple classes and inheritance demonstration
film.itcl	[incr-Tcl] - Base class and two classes that inherit from it
find.itcl	List available classes in [Incr-Tcl]
hello.itcl	[Incr-Tcl] Demonstration
inherits.itcl	Multiple inheritance and constructor calls
itlist	Using [incr-Tcl] to hold a list of objects
pet.itcl	itcl - second sample class
petal	Example that loads Itcl into tclsh
weekend.itcl	[incr-Tcl] - Inheritance and Polmorphism - main file

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

Introduction.
Hello Object World.
The application.
The class used.
Other facilities in simple objects.
Inheritance in [incr-Tcl].
Multiple inheritance.
Other commands available in [incr-Tcl].

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