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Tommy
<p>Times, they are a-chaingin', but are the tools?</p>
<p>I recently <a href="http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=1011172">asked</a> [tobyink] about his opinion on this topic, but I thought it also made sense to pose this question to everyone in the community:</p>
<p><em><strong>If you had to name the 10 most essential tools you use as a Perl developer</strong> -- the 10 utilities you wouldn't ever want to work without, <strong>what would they be?</strong></em> Now I'm asking about utilities specifically. Stating that CPAN and the Perl community are essential is an obvious understatement, but I'm asking for a list of things more like your software tool suite, such as komodo, padre, eclipse, a good irc client for example...<p>
<p>For me, the list isn't exhaustive; I'm not even sure if I have 10. But what about <strong><em>you</em>?</strong>
<p>My list currently includes (in no particular order)</p>
<ul>
<li>Vim</li>
<li>perldoc</li>
<li>My Reference Manuals and (e)books</li>
<li>Revision control (I use git, moving away from subversion)</li>
<li>[cpan://ExtUtils::MakeMaker] / [cpan://Dist::Zilla]</li>
<li>A test suite; right now it's simply Test.pm, which will likely become something else soon. I'm evaluating my options here.</li>
<li>[cpan://Devel::NYTProf]</li>
<li>[cpan://Perl::Critic]</li>
<li><strong>Debian</strong> is the operating system I develop on; it works the best for me. I use Windows 7+Strawberry Perl for testing (and backing up my DVDs)</li>
</ul>
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[Tommy]
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