developerWorks: Include GUIs in Your Server Programming with Perl/Tk

As a system programmer, you habitually work with command-line
interfaces. Perhaps you’ve lost track of how easy it can be to wrap
existing functionality with a lightweight graphical user interface
(GUI). New Perl/Tk releases make it timely to remember that
sometimes high quality accompanies ease of use.

“You can keep your focus on highly productive server-side
programming, and still choose to jazz up your interfaces
occasionally. What’s more, lightweight toolkits such as Perl/Tk
make it possible to do this without the costs of higher-profile GUI
approaches…”

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