QOTW: "TCL is probably the most underappreciated scripting language in
existence. It has almost zero learning curve and as such can be used in
any complex project that uses C as a second implementation language (for
programming in the small) almost instantly. Few people understand that
TCL+C is a unique and very powerful software development paradigm,
probably
in some ways supterior in many real life scenarios to overhyped single
complex OO languages be it Java, Ruby, C++ or C with some STL-like
library
like glib." - Nikolai Bezroukov
http://www.softpanorama.org/Articles/a_slightly_skeptical_view_on_scripting_languages.shtml
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
Stormy weather outside, a quiet week on the Wiki. Still, there
is enough material for anyone's taste!
Different tastes
- Are "task dialogues" the way to go in user-interface design?
Or is it just the lateste fa****on? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/16882>
- Designing try-catch constructs is not as straightforward as
it may look ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21608>
for a detailed
proposal and discussion.
- However small, there _are_ differences between Tcl on Windows
and on Unix/Linux. Check out: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13926>
Different styles
- The term "Visual Tcl" has been used many times in the past,
leading to very different applications. They are summarised
at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1932>
- Experiment with Tk 8.5's (or Tile's) styles? Why not visit
this French page: <http://wfr.tcl.tk/1662>
and experiment?
- TclApp is the successor to prowrap and it makes wrapping
and deploying a Tcl application as easy as, say, a starpack.
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/8640>
What's in a name
- Here is a web server with an impressive pedigree ...
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/2090>
- A new tool or a new toy? TclOO is definitely ready for
playing around with - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20200>
Everything Tcl-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in
these
pages:
The "Welcome to comp.lang.tcl" message by Andreas Kupries
http://www.purl.org/net/tcl-welcome
comp.lang.tcl is a crucial resource for Tcl practitioners.
An interesting perspective on its traffic appears at
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/about
The Tcl Developer Site is Tcl's "home base".
http://www.tcl.tk
Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher.
http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/
The Tcl Developer Xchange is a highly organized resource center
of do***ents and software with provisions for individuals to
maintain references to their own software:
http://www.tcl.tk/resource/
The TDX sponsor, ActiveState, also keeps info to convince your
boss Tcl is a good thing
http://www.tcl.tk/scripting/
The Tcl'ers Wiki is a huge, dynamic, collaboratively edited repository
of do***entation, examples, tutorials and pontifications on all things
Tcl.
http://wiki.tcl.tk/0
For the ideal overview of the topics about Tcl most likely to
interest a newcomer, see "Arts and Crafts ..."
http://wiki.tcl.tk/969
There's also a high-quality Wikibook on Tcl:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Tcl
ActiveState maintains binaries distribution and development tools
http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
along with a Cookbook of Tcl recipes
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Tcl
"La Gazette du Técleux" is an im****tant monthly publication.
http://wfr.tcl.tk/1159
deli.cio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
It already aggregates quite a bit of Tcl intelligence.
http://del.icio.us/tag/tcl
Cameron Laird tracks several Tcl/Tk references of interest (but
needs to validate many of the links).
http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/
Years ago, Cetus Links maintained a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html
"Yahoo! Groups" archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts--even
though clta itself is dormant.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/
We're working on more useful archives of past installments. In the
meantime, an alternative is
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl
Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.
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