The perlfaq3 has a very good answer,

"Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?:

Perl programs are just plain text, so any editor will do.

If you're on Unix you already have an IDE -- Unix itself. The Unix philosophy is the philosophy of several small tools that each do one thing and do it well. it's like a carpenter's toolbox.

If you want an IDE check the following:"

And then the following items might be of interest to you (paraphrased from the FAQ).

• Komodo
• The Object System
• Open Perl IDE

Please refer to the perldoc perlfaq3 for details on those IDE's, or see Google.

The faq goes on to state that vi can be used effectively, and that emacs in cperl-mode (M-x cperl-mode) "...gives you perhaps the best available Perl editing mode in any editor."

That is just a brief intro into what turns out to be a lengthy yet very informative section in the perldoc perlfaq. I really encourage you to read it if you're looking for a Perl IDE. There are lots of great tips there, and links to respected products to aid your development.

Don't be afraid of the perldocs. perlfaq3 seems to answer exactly what you're asking. The POD's are already on your system (if your system has Perl). You will find a lot of gems there.

Hope this helps...

Dave

"If I had my life to do over again, I'd be a plumber." -- Albert Einstein

davido++, good summary.

There is also Glade, a VB-esque code generator which can produce Perl-GTK programs.

After Compline,
Zaxo

In fact, the same question has been brought up using the same title as yours at least 3 previous times:

1. Perl IDE
2. perl ide
3. Perl IDE

About the PerlMonks FAQ

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

Check out TVSET's home node for some info on how to turn VIM into an IDE.

Here at the monastary, there's plenty of other choices in Outside Links - Code Editors.

source /usr/local/share/vile/filters.rc
define-submode perl shiftwidth 4
define-submode java shiftwidth 4
bind-key execute-named-command ;
bind-key repeat-char-scan :
bind-key down-page g
bind-key previous-page v
bind-key next-window ^I
bind-key undo-changes-backward u
bind-key redo-changes-forward U
unbind-key q
set autoindent
set nobackspacelimit
; set cmode
; set c-suffixes \\.\\(\\([Cchis]\\)\\|CC\\|cc\\|cpp\\|cxx\\|nl\\|hxx\
+\|scm\\)$
; set c-shiftwidth 4
set csw 4
; set c-tabstop 8
; set c-preamble "^#\s*!\s*\/.*perl"
set noerrorbells
set linewrap
set magic
set printing-low 160
set printing-high 255
set report 1
set ruler
set showmatch
set showmode
set notabinsert
set undolimit 0
set nowarn-rename

 1 store-macro
   goto-beginning-of-file
   append-string "#!/usr/bin/perl\n\n"
   append-string "use strict;\n"
   append-string "use warnings;\n"
   append-string "no warnings qw /syntax/;\n"
   set-mode "perlmode"
   position-window b
   open-line-below-and-append-chars
~endm


 2 store-macro
   save-file
   shell-command &cat "perl " $cfilname
~endm
 
 
 3 store-macro
   save-file
   shell-command &cat "perl -c " $cfilname
~endm
   
   
bind-key execute-macro-1 ^A-p
bind-key execute-macro-2 ^A-r
bind-key execute-macro-3 ^A-c
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That's all I need for an IDE. ;-)

Abigail

Why no warnings qw /syntax;? I've never seen someone do that ...

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We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.

The idea is a little like C++ templates, except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated. -- TheDamian, Exegesis 6

Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.

It allows you to write:

    if (COND) {
        print ("something")
    }
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without Perl whining.

Abigail

I use BBEdit on MacOS and Nedit on Unix...both let me run shell commands as well as syntax check and run scripts from the window...

yours,
Michael

ProjectBuilder on OS X does't suck.

Howdy!

Hmmm...I've not yet looked that over...thanks for the recommendation...

yours,
Michael

jdtoronto

I'm using WinXP with ActiveState Perl 5.8.0 build 806. And I had to choose between several editors. I didn't like vi or emacs or the several incarnations thereof. I've used Perl Scripting Tool, AnyEdit, DZsoft, Perl Oasis and UltraEdit. None of them felt right.

Now I am using Crimson Editor, which is freeware, and has several nifty treats. I like it, it looks good, it is fast, helpful, and I don't have to do silly things like save, ftp, open another window to execute the script, etc. Just one-click-while-editing... (create your own macros).

By the way, Crimson has syntax files for a lot of programming languages and other types of apps where scripts are used, e.g. MySQL and Apache.

As for IDE features ... I use three things:

map q :e #[Ctrl]-V[Enter]
map v :!perl -wc %[Ctrl]-V[Enter]
map V :!perl %[Ctrl]-V[Enter]
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That's it. For the rest, I use vi's own editing features. All I need is two buffers, compile, and execute. 90% of the time, I don't ever use the shell. (This is another reason I don't like gvim.)

------
We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.

The idea is a little like C++ templates, except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated. -- TheDamian, Exegesis 6

Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.