You just havn't figured Tk out yet. For example, if you want to maintain state, between server and client, browser based apps are harder to use. Also why bring the server and browser overhead into an application that is run solely on a local machine.

What happens is that people get into Perl, thru using CGI, and get used to that technique. Then they want to expand into other types of GUI programming; and at that point they see they have 2 choices...learn Tk or Gtk or Wx to make real stand-alone GUI's , or they can work out hacks to simulate GUI's thru a browser-server pair. They tend to go with browser-server pair because it involves less learning.

It is wrong for you to say that Tk has no real value in applications....what you mean to say is "you don't want to spend the time to learn it".

If you want an example of a good use for Tk(Gtk,Wx), make a standalone GUI rolodex ( with photos) of business contacts and friends, using sqlite as the database.(Without the overhead of a server and huge browser)

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In reply to Re^3: TK Usage by zentara
in thread TK Usage by erniep

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