"In contrast to the widespread use of the Perl language, Perl's GUI toolset, Perl/Tk, is much less popular. This is strange, because it is arguably one of the easiest GUI toolkits to program (at least for UNIX platforms), and therefore suggests itself for user interface prototyping or for quickly providing a user-friendly wrapper around cryptic command-line tools.
"One reason for this relative indifference toward Perl/Tk appears to be the perception that it is not very powerful and does not lend itself to sophisticated applications. However, a number of widgets that provide more complex functionality are available as user contributions on CPAN. In this article, I will take a look at some of them and show how they can be used to create a richer user experience. I will also point out some more generally useful techniques for programming with Perl/Tk..."
