Mastering Perl/Tk: Graphical User Interfaces in Perl

by Stephen Lidie, Nancy Walsh

Perl/Tk is the marriage of the Tk graphical toolkit with Perl, the powerful programming language used primarily for system administration, web programming, and database manipulation. With Perl/Tk, you can build Perl programs with an attractive, intuitive GUI interface with all the power of Perl behind it. Mastering Perl/Tk is the "bible" of Perl/ It's not only a great book for getting started, but the best reference for learning the techniques of experienced Perl/Tk programmers. The first half of the book contains the basics on how to use Perl/Tk, and then branches out into advanced applications with a series of extensive program examples. The result is a book accessible for novices, and invaluable for experienced programmers ready to learn the next step in the elegant and effective use of Perl/Tk. The book The book also includes appendices on installing Perl/Tk, a complete quick-reference for each standard widget, and listings of all the extended examples in the book. Nancy Walsh is the author of Learning Perl/Tk , and Steve Lidie wrote the Perl/Tk Pocket Reference as well as a series of Perl/Tk articles in The Perl Journal. Together, they have written Mastering Perl/Tk to be the definitive guide to Perl/Tk.

Genres: Reference, Technology, Programming

746 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a great introduction to gui's with perl, but doesn't really make a good reference. Once you're familiar with perl/tk, you're better off looking for information online than in this book. It's not very comprehensive and the index isn't great.