Welch essential for learning Tkinter well?

James Stroud jstroud at mbi.ucla.edu
Thu Apr 5 08:06:05 EDT 2007


Dick Moores wrote:
> In a couple of places recently I've seen Brent Welch's _Practical 
> Programming in Tcl & Tk_ (<http://tinyurl.com/ynlk8b>) recommended for 
> learning Tkinter well.
> 
> So a couple of questions:
> 
> 1) Is it really good for learning Tkinter, even though it doesn't 
> mention Tkinter at all (in the 4th edition at least)?
> 
> 2) If it is good for learning Tkinter, can I get by with a cheaper, used 
> copy of the 3rd edition?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dick Moores
> 

Probably better is to get Grayson (google "Grayson Tkinter"). It covers 
Tkinter <--> Tcl/Tk mapping to sufficient extent for Tkinter 
proficiency. I have found the online Tcl/Tk documentation to fill in the 
gaps.

Tkinter seems to me to have been created largely automatically and so 
has much of the documentation that maps it to Tcl/Tk. This begs the 
question, is anyone truly an expert in Tkinter?

James



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