Pp. 205–206 of the Proceedings

One of the tricks to getting your job done efficiently is having the right tools for the job. There are plenty of tools available for developing Tcl applications.

This poster gives a quick description of several tools that are in use in the Tcl community. If the tool you need is not mentioned here, try checking the Neosoft search engine at https://www.neosoft.com, the Scriptics Resource Center at https://www.scriptics.com/resource/, the announcements in comp.lang.tcl, or the FAQs at https://www.teraform.com/%7Elvirden/tcl-faq/.

The posters describe:

Code formatters
frink	Reformats code into a standard style, for easy comprehension.
Primary Site	ftp://catless.ncl.ac.uk/pub/frink.tar.gz
tcl_cruncher	Reformats code into a style that optimizes for interpreter efficiency. This program also does some syntax checking.
Primary Site	ftp://hplyot.obspm.fr:/tcl/tcl_cruncher*
Code checkers
tclCheck	Checks for balanced brackets, braces and parentheses.
Primary Site	ftp://catless.ncl.ac.uk/pub/tclCheck.tar.gz
tcl_lint	Checks for syntax errors, unset or non-existent variables, incorrect procedure calls, and more.
Primary Site	https://icemcfd.com/tcl/ice.html
tclparse	Checks for syntax errors, missing dollar signs, and other errors.
Primary Site	https://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de\
	/ipvr/swlab/sopra/tclsyntax/tclparseHomeEngl.html
Debuggers
Don Libes's Debugger	This is a text oriented package with support for setting breakpoints, examining data, etc.
Primary Site	https://expect.nist.gov/
tuba	This is a GUI based package with multiple windows for both Tcl and Tk.
Primary Site	https://www.doitnow.com/~iliad/Tcl/tuba/
TdDebug	This GUI based package can attach itself to an already running Tk application.
Primary Site	https://www.neosoft.com
TclPro Debugger	This is a full featured, GUI based package from Scriptics that can debug remote or embedded applications as well as those on the local host.
Primary Site	https://www.scriptics.com
GUI generators
SpecTcl	SpecTcl creates a GUI skeleton for a Tk program.
Primary Site	https://sunscript.sun.com/products/spectcl.html
Spynergy
Primary Site	https://www.eolas.com
Tcl Compilers
ICEM Tcl Compiler	The ICEM Tcl Compiler translates Tcl code into C code to improve performance.
Primary Site	https://icemcfd.com/tcl/ice.html
Jan Nijtmans's plus-patch	This patch applies some minor bug fixes, extends the shared library support, and makes it possible to convert Tcl scripts into executables that can run when Tcl is not installed.
Primary Site	https://home.wxs.nl/~nijtmans/
Scriptics TclPro Compiler	Generates Tcl bytecode files that can be evaluated by Tcl 8.0.3 interpreters with the appropriate extension.
Primary Site	https://www.scriptics.com
Tcl Extension Generators
swig	Swig creates Tcl extensions by reading the function and data definitions from an include file.
Primary Site	https://www.cs.utah.edu/~beazley/SWIG/swig.html
Tcl Packagers
Scriptics TclPro Wrapper	Wraps an interpreter, application script and ancilliary files into a single executable.
Primary Site	https://www.scriptics.com