Tcl Tk
Tcl/Tk For Real Programmers (Real Programmers)
Format: Paperback
Author: Clif Flynt
ReleaseDate: 04 December, 1998
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Rating:
Just what I was looking for 
Luckily, Clif Flynt's book is targeted at people like me. I've been writing code for 8 years and despise books that think I need a lesson in theory. I've read the first 4 chapters on Tcl and then skipped ahead to Tk. No problem. It does lack a certain amount of detail, but nothing a scan through the Tcl/Tk docs wont fill in. Plus the CD has some good examples and some interesting (although largely outdated) tools.
TCL is a programming language. 
When I realized there was a CD packaged with the book I was very quick to install the TCL compiler. Combining the best of C and object Pascal, TCL offers the programer many of the tools needed for Internet development "HTTP, HTML, POP3, SMTP, TclPro Debugger". It's at least as good as my latest "Borland C++ Builder" aka "Delphi".
My only complaint: "What the heck are Tk MegaWidgets"?.
A great book!
Among its features are: use of a recent version of Tcl/Tk, an orderly presentation, straightforward an well-motivated examples, a useful index, a CD-ROM with easy-to-install and useful selections, good typesetting, and high quality paper. This book is a pleasure to read and to use as a reference. It's been a real hit in my Unix programming class.
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