I recommend Strawberry Perl (http://strawberryperl.com), it's closer to the Perl "idea" of distribution, especially seeing as ActiveState isn't as good as it used to be. Also, it uses CPAN out of the box, so IMO, is much better.
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 8:04 PM, JeffHua <jeff...@aol.com> wrote: >> Sharan Basappa: >>> >>> I am not talking about text editors, but GUI IDEs that help compile, >>> run, debug (probably do more I dont know) Ignoring the trolling, Perl *is* a language that was created with the idea that Unix *is* an IDE. In this sense, you use a text editor for editing, perl itself is the compiler and you also get a debugger with the Perl distribution. Together with Perl's inherent "user-friendliness" and the fact that you don't need a tool to help you make sense of the language (as with Java, or C++/C#), makes the basic package very intuitive. There are, naturally, more tools that were created along the way to make developing with Perl a 'friendlier' process, GUI-wise. You can use a TK front-end to the debugger (Devel::ptkdb), or use Emacs with its plethora of addons that will give you anything you couldand similar tools, or you can opt for a fuller front end, such as EPIC (www.epic-ide.org/), or Komodo Edit/IDE, whichever suits you best. A community project, Padre (padre.perlide.org/), also aims to supply an all-in-one tool for Perl development, so you may want to look into that too. -- Erez It's time to grow out of the browser; we have nothing to lose but our metaphors. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
