Tcl Tk
Effective Tcl/Tk Programming : Writing Better Programs with Tcl and Tk (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
Format: Paperback
Author: Mark Harrison
ReleaseDate: 08 December, 1997
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Rating:
Good for getting a Tk start 
It really helped my understanding of the event loop. I puchased this book because I was having a little trouble getting Tk to work. Reading this book gave me enough background to better understand the Tk sectins of the Welch book and points out a number of pitfalls and how to avoid them. The book also includes a library of useful widgets that can be faily easily modified. In two weeks time I was able to construct a GUI for long term testing set up and control. My main complaint with this book is that the index is very weak plus there is no comprehensive list of attributes so you still need a reference book or manpages.
Takes you from hacker to Tk programmer 
This tends to result in poorly structured non-reusable code. You can quickly start creating window apps using tk/tcl.
This books intention is not to teach you tk/tcl but to guide you to a style that will increase your productivity by an order of magnitude by showing how to create libraries that you can drop into any app (as a bonus it also includes many useful code examples which you can use to start this library. )
It focuses more on the tk side as the authors demonstrate how to build cross-platform window apps with networking capability. A worthwhile addition to any tk/tcl proagrammers bookshelf. .
it does focus on tk 
it focuses on tk with little about tcl specifics in there. i find the title of this book, and its promise, to be a bit misleading. i find myself not using this book very often except when i have to do something tricky in tk. i program in tcl every day, but i don't do much tk anymore.
you wont learn tcl/tk from this, but you may pick up some great tk organization and features. i'd say this book is overpriced, too, so see if you can buy it used. if you're looking at getting a book to make you an advanced tcl programmer, i'd look elsewhere first.
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