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The Tcl Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide

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The Second Edition covering Tcl 9 is ready and downloadable for
Gumroad customers.

The Tcl Programming Language is a comprehensive guide to this
immensely flexible and versatile language. Starting with the basic
features, it expands its scope to include the more advanced concepts,
facilities and programming idioms from which the language derives its
power.

Paperback: 660 pages
ISBN-13: 9798316640539
PDF: Gumroad, List $19.95.
Print: [Amazon] Currently unavailable.

1. Book description
2. Download 1st Edition chapters
3. Support
4. Reviews

Book Description

Download the Table of Contents.

From the back cover:

  * Master the fundamentals of Tcl syntax, commands, and core
    concepts.
  * Leverage Tcl's flexible and uniform execution model for
    metaprogramming, custom control structures and reactive
    programming.
  * Modularize your code using namespaces, object-oriented constructs
    and packages.
  * Globalize applications for international markets.
  * Transfer data efficiently using the integrated event loop and
    asynchronous I/O.
  * Implement reflected channels, data transforms and filters using
    Tcl's sophisticated I/O framework.
  * Communicate with other applications using inter-process pipes and
    networks.
  * Simplify concurrent programming using coroutines.
  * Enhance application security by using safe interpreters for
    sandboxing.
  * Streamline software deployment with single file executables using
    the ZipFS virtual file system.

Downloadable chapters

Some content has been removed in the second edition of the book
because of limits on the number of pages. The corresponding material
from the first edition is available at the links below. Although
pertaining to Tcl 8.6, it should be relevant to 9.0 with no or
minimal changes with the exception of the section on Tclkits.

 1. Chapter 19. Virtual File Systems and Tclkits PDF
 2. Chapter 22. Threads PDF
 3. Chapter 23. Database Connectivity with TDBC PDF
 4. Section 10.10. Tcl Internals part 1 and part 2

The draft of the TclOO chapter from the first edition is also
available. Note this has been updated in the second edition to
reflect enhancements in Tcl 9.

Support

For the Errata and user discussion, please visit the Tclers Wiki.

Sample scripts from the book are available here.

Please send any comments about the book to apnmbx-wits at yahoo.com.

Reviews

Gumroad

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 Seriously the best Tcl Programming book around. The level of
depth is unlike any other book of this class.
 The most comprehensive and up to date book on the TCL language
available. A gem.
 ... a great resource reference. Indispensable and worth every
dollar.
 An alright book, but overly wordy.

Amazon

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From Amazon US:
 The best Tcl book on the market. Full review
 An excellent resource for beginners through to experienced
programmers. Full review
 Phenomenal amount of material and the writing is precise, clear
and straightforward. Full review
 Read the preview material... then buy the book. It really is
good! Full review
 A great book on TCL v8.6. I really liked the writing style of
the author. Full review
 Great guide to all of the features of modern TCL! Full review
 Awesome Tcl resource. This book is everything I needed to learn
more about Tcl. Full review
 Excellent and very detailed coverage of tcl 8.6 with many
helpful examples. Full review
 One of the best engineering books I've ever seen. Full review
 Given the great organization and coverage, I stopped using
Google. Full review
 This is most assuredly the best current book on Tcl. Full
review

From Amazon UK:

 Best Tcl book I've come across so far. Full review
 Best Tcl 8.6 reference. Full review
 Excellent, up-to-date and comprehensive. Full review
 A really good reference. Full review
 Great book. Very helpful, all the content I needed in one
place. Full review
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From Amazon Germany:

 Tolles Buch fur alle TCLer. Full review
 Aktuelles und vollstandiges TCL Buch. Full review
 Really good book. Every topic is well explained, but it's never
too much or too repetitive! Full review
 Das Buch lasst kein Thema aus, geht uber die Grundlagen weit
hinaus Full review
 Endlich ein vollstandiges und umfangliches TCL Programmierbuch
fur V8.6 Full review
 Monumental effort and useful both for beginners and for the
advanced programmer. Full review
 Ausfuhrliches Nachschlagewerk. Der Druck ist optisch manchmal
etwas anstrengend... Full review

From Amazon France:

 Livre le plus recent sur le langage Tcl. Full review

From Amazon Italy:

 Bello. Full review

From Amazon India:

 Five Stars. Full review

From Amazon Canada:

 This is the best book for learning TCL and it serves as a great
reference too! Full review
 A valuable Tcl book you got to have. However, the font is so
small, it is a bit difficult to read it. Full review

From Amazon Australia:

 The depth of this book is amazing.Writing style is really good,
the example snippets short and well demonstrate the issue in hand.
Full review

Goodreads

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 I kept reading because I found myself enjoying reading about
Tcl's features and the way this book laid them out. Full review
The most recent book that deals with Tcl... Full review

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