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class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Jeff+Hobbs'>Jeff Hobbs</a></dd></dl><dl class='mkup_dl'><dt class='mkup_dt'>Author</dt><dd class='mkup_dd'><a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Ken+Jones'>Ken Jones</a></dd></dl><dl class='mkup_dl'><dt class='mkup_dt'>Publication date</dt><dd class='mkup_dd'>2003</dd></dl><dl class='mkup_dl'><dt class='mkup_dt'>website</dt><dd class='mkup_dd'><a rel='nofollow' class='mkup_a' href='http://www.beedub.com/book'>http://www.beedub.com/book <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-globe' aria-hidden='true'></span></a></dd></dl> <h2 id='8f89ef4b9fef52d086d9a8e9f2b1b250f8923f993caed2b3cd12c21b3a645a6d' class='mkup_h1'> Obtaining </h2><dl class='mkup_dl'><dt class='mkup_dt'><a rel='nofollow' class='mkup_a' href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130385603/qid=1046168352/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-7014893-7300739?v=glance">amazon.com <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-globe' aria-hidden='true'></span></a></dt><dd class='mkup_dd'></dd></dl><dl class='mkup_dl'><dt class='mkup_dt'><a rel='nofollow' class='mkup_a' href='http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/27/tcl_tk_programmers_bible/'>special offer <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-globe' aria-hidden='true'></span></a></dt><dd class='mkup_dd'>seems to still be valid as of 2013-08 ,FWIW</dd></dl> <h2 id='47742718299e82699bc374b81e6ab6b22c2b19c674703379e03143e714e9e3c1' class='mkup_h1'> Description </h2><p class='mkup_p'>About about 20 sample chapters from the four editions are available <a rel='nofollow' class='mkup_a' href='http://www.beedub.com/book/'>online <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-globe' aria-hidden='true'></span></a>. They cover topics from the <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Beginning+Tcl'>basic Tcl</a> and <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Beginning+Tk'>Tk</a> introductions, through more advanced topics like <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Regular+Expression'>Regular Expressions</a>, [<span class='mkup_tt'><a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/eval'>eval</a></span>], <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/socket'>socket programming</a>, <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/thread'>thread programming</a>, <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/TclHttpd'>TclHttpd</a>, and <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Starkit'>starkits</a>.</p><p class='mkup_p'>Among its other virtues, the fourth edition explicitly explains use of <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Tk'>Tk</a> by such other languages as <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Python'>Python</a>, <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Ruby'>Ruby</a>, <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Perl'>Perl</a>, and so on.</p> <h2 id='f0d0837119d2e68a0faac82afcb4df3df16c9b91e1f5f13351601d6cf748612c' class='mkup_h1'> Discussion </h2> <p class='mkup_p'>2008-10-22 : I wonder if this one is going to be update for 8.5 and <a class='mkup_a mkup_known' href='/page/Tile'>Tile</a>?</p><hr><div class='mkup_centered'><table class='mkup_categories'><tr><td class='mkup_td'><a class='mkup_a' href='/page/Category+Book'>Category Book</a></td></tr></table></div> </div> </div> <div class='row'> <div class='col-xs-12'> <div class='Footer'>Updated 2017-08-04 13:20:36</div> </div> </div> </div>  <script src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js'></script> <script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.tablesorter/2.31.0/js/jquery.tablesorter.combined.js'></script>  <script src='https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='/scripts/nikit.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='/scripts/sh_main.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='/scripts/sh_tcl.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='/scripts/sh_c.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='/scripts/sh_cpp.js'></script>  <script src='https://hcaptcha.com/1/api.js'></script> <script>var clipboard = new ClipboardJS('.copybtn', { text: function(trigger) { return document.querySelector(trigger.getAttribute('data-clipboard-target')).textContent + '\n'; } }); sort_tables(); </script> </body> </html>