Develop Cross-Platform CLI and GUI Tools With Tcl/Tk. Powerful, Event-Driven, Open-Source And Future-Proof Toolkit… From the Past?!
Summary
A detailed, long-form exploration of Tcl/Tk as a cross-platform CLI/GUI toolkit, covering Tcl 9.0, ZipFS, Starkits/Zipkits, Androwish, and TclOO. It combines history, architecture, and practical examples (including Decent Espresso and Android usage) to argue that Tcl/Tk remains a robust, open-source glue-language for automation and UI development, with emphasis on event-driven design, data handling, and security considerations.