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• dwPerl - adds a possibility to run and debug your Perl script, a commonly used code snippets and drop-down list with all functions of your module of script for quick jumping to the function definition.
• hkPerl - adds a list of related Perl functions which can be used for help and quick insert.
• Perl Reference - adds a keyword help file for Perl 5 functions (online and offline versions)
• avwHTMLTemplate - inserts commands and control structures used by the HTML::Template Perl module
• Plugins Generator - adds a possibility to visually design plugins which will consist your information (for example, I've created plugin which consists a library of HTML controls, generated using Embperl).

Also, you can install Vim for Windows and configure it for Perl development as TVSET suggests in his post Vim for Perl developers.

In my mind, Vim is the most power, flexible and useful editor and it permits me be at easy at developent under any operation system. Many scripts permit you to configure Vim for your needs and tips help you to use Vim more efficient.

I hope that this post will help you to choose a good for you Perl IDE.

      
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Check out Epic, a perl plugin for Eclipse. It's all high quality Free Software.

Interesting features include:

• On the fly syntax check (with annotation hover)
• Content assist (such as with method names, etc)
• Quick reference feature
• Outline view with used modules and subroutines
• Source formatter
• a RegExp Plugin
• Syntax Highlighting

That said, if you're going for strictly Perl, check out DZSoft's Perl Editor. I believe it runs about $50 and it will do what you're after. Unlike Context, you can do either text or browser based output in DZSoft's editor.

Hope that helps!

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That said, if you're going for strictly Perl, check out DZSoft's Perl Editor.

I'm a VIM guy myself, but I'll throw up a 2nd for DZ. I don't use Windows personally, but a co-worker uses DZSoft's on his machine and it does seem pretty full-featured.

For VIM, you should check out the aforementioned TVSET's page and his writeup on how to get VIM configured to be a good perl ide.

You can also read the Outside Links - Code Editors node for even more suggestions.

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naChoZ

It's good for cgi programming because you can set it up to run your code to a browser window. It provides syntax checking, code highlight, etc. It's a little buggy if you want to print anything out, though. And while you can set it up to run from a command line, I find it easier to just run non-cgi stuff from my C: prompt.

Activestate's KOMODO is only $29.95 for its personal version and has all you want.

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

I've been using it to create Perl, XML, HTML, SQL and Javascript files for a number of years now. You can set the User Tools to run a Perl script and capture the output within EditPlus (handy for cut 'n' paste jobs) or automatically run in a command line window. The only thing it doesn't do that you wanted, is to tell you what you did wrong via a syntax checker, although the syntax highlighting can help you out.

It isn't free, but at $30 it's a reasonable price.

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And of course keeping with the ying and the yang of computing:

http://www.vim.org

-derby