Chapter 10. Web Programming in Tcl

In this chapter, we will introduce you to concepts related to web programming in Tcl. To be more specific, server-side web programming—processing the requests coming from clients via the HTTP protocol and responding to these requests.

The invention of HTTP and HTML revolutionized the perception of Internet and had a significant impact on the way we are using it today. These technologies became so common that it is almost impossible to imagine our day-to-day life without them. It is no wonder that every modern language is web-enabled, that is it offers a rich variety of libraries and extensions facilitating the web programming. Tcl, of course, is one of these languages, but it offers more than that—a high grade, ...

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