X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq3.pod;h=49cae1a2093e2f68eb16e0191003193048e0eb56;hb=b32b0a5d97553a28be45508a0e60a97b2bf53203;hp=c9a81b804d69f63914e39d6656cdb148dc1c7955;hpb=a612120d6e5ea70e72e322b269ece4784cd5c6b8;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq3.pod b/pod/perlfaq3.pod index c9a81b8..49cae1a 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq3.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq3.pod @@ -157,87 +157,185 @@ the trick. And if not, it's easy to hack into what you want. =head2 Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor? -If you're on Unix, you already have an IDE--Unix itself. This powerful -IDE derives from its interoperability, flexibility, and configurability. -If you really want to get a feel for Unix-qua-IDE, the best thing to do -is to find some high-powered programmer whose native language is Unix. -Find someone who has been at this for many years, and just sit back -and watch them at work. They have created their own IDE, one that -suits their own tastes and aptitudes. Quietly observe them edit files, -move them around, compile them, debug them, test them, etc. The entire -development *is* integrated, like a top-of-the-line German sports car: -functional, powerful, and elegant. You will be absolutely astonished -at the speed and ease exhibited by the native speaker of Unix in his -home territory. The art and skill of a virtuoso can only be seen to be -believed. That is the path to mastery--all these cobbled little IDEs -are expensive toys designed to sell a flashy demo using cheap tricks, -and being optimized for immediate but shallow understanding rather than -enduring use, are but a dim palimpsest of real tools. - -In short, you just have to learn the toolbox. However, if you're not -on Unix, then your vendor probably didn't bother to provide you with -a proper toolbox on the so-called complete system that you forked out -your hard-earned cash for. - -PerlBuilder (http://www.solutionsoft.com/perl.htm) is an integrated -development environment for Windows that supports Perl development. -PerlDevKit (http://www.activestate.com/Products/Perl_Dev_Kit/index.html) -is an IDE from ActiveState supporting the ActivePerl. (VisualPerl, -a Visual Studio (or Studio.NET, in time) component is currently -(late 2000) in beta). The visiPerl+ IDE is available from Help -Consulting (http://helpconsulting.net/visiperl/). Perl code magic is -another IDE (http://www.petes-place.com/codemagic.html). CodeMagicCD -(http://www.codemagiccd.com/) is a commercial IDE. The Object System +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 a Windows IDE, check the following: + +=over 4 + +=item CodeMagicCD + +http://www.codemagiccd.com/ + +=item Komodo + +ActiveState's cross-platform, multi-language IDE has Perl support, +including a regular expression debugger and remote debugging +(http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/Komodo/index.html). +(Visual Perl, a Visual Studio.NET plug-in is currently (early 2001) +in beta (http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/VisualPerl/index.html)). + +=item The Object System + (http://www.castlelink.co.uk/object_system/) is a Perl web -applications development IDE. Starbase's Codewright -(http://www.starbase.com/) is yet another multilanguage editor/IDE. - -Perl programs are just plain text, though, so you could download GNU -Emacs or XEmacs -(http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html) -(http://www.xemacs.org/Download/index.html), or a vi clone such as nvi -(available from CPAN in src/misc/) or vim (http://www.vim.org/). Vim -runs on win32 (http://www.cs.vu.nl/%7Etmgil/vi.html). Vile is another -widely ported vi clone that has a Perl language sensitivity module -(http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey/vile/vile.html). SlickEdit -(http://www.slickedit.com/) is a full featured commercial editor that -has a modular architecture: it can emulate several other common -editors and it can help with programming language sensitivity modules -for a variety of programming languages including Perl. MultiEdit -(http://www.MultiEdit.com) has a user extendable interface and -good Perl support. - -If you're transferring Windows text files to Unix be sure to transfer -them in ASCII mode so the ends of lines are appropriately mangled. - -There is also a toyedit Text widget based editor written in Perl that -is distributed with the Tk module on CPAN. The ptkdb +applications development IDE. + +=item PerlBuilder + +(http://www.solutionsoft.com/perl.htm) is an integrated development +environment for Windows that supports Perl development. + +=item Perl code magic + +(http://www.petes-place.com/codemagic.html). + +=item visiPerl+ + +http://helpconsulting.net/visiperl/, from Help Consulting. + +=back + +For editors: if you're on Unix you probably have vi or a vi clone already, +and possibly an emacs too, so you may not need to download anything. +In any emacs the cperl-mode (M-x cperl-mode) gives you perhaps the +best available Perl editing mode in any editor. + +For Windows editors: you can download an Emacs + +=over 4 + +=item GNU Emacs + +http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html + +=item MicroEMACS + +http://members.nbci.com/uemacs/ + +=item XEmacs + +http://www.xemacs.org/Download/index.html + +=back + +or a vi clone such as + +=over 4 + +=item Elvis + +ftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis/ http://www.fh-wedel.de/elvis/ + +=item Vile + +http://vile.cx/ + +=item Vim + +http://www.vim.org/ + +win32: http://www.cs.vu.nl/%7Etmgil/vi.html + +=back + +For vi lovers in general, Windows or elsewhere: +http://www.thomer.com/thomer/vi/vi.html. + +nvi (http://www.bostic.com/vi/, available from CPAN in src/misc/) is +yet another vi clone, unfortunately not available for Windows, but in +UNIX platforms you might be interested in trying it out, firstly because +strictly speaking it is not a vi clone, it is the real vi, or the new +incarnation of it, and secondly because you can embed Perl inside it +to use Perl as the scripting language. nvi is not alone in this, +though: at least also vim and vile offer an embedded Perl. + +The following are Win32 multilanguage editor/IDESs that support Perl: + +=over 4 + +=item Codewright + +http://www.starbase.com/ + +=item MultiEdit + +http://www.MultiEdit.com/ + +=item SlickEdit + +http://www.slickedit.com/ + +=back + +There is also a toyedit Text widget based editor written in Perl +that is distributed with the Tk module on CPAN. The ptkdb (http://world.std.com/~aep/ptkdb/) is a Perl/tk based debugger that acts as a development environment of sorts. Perl Composer (http://perlcomposer.sourceforge.net/vperl.html) is an IDE for Perl/Tk GUI creation. In addition to an editor/IDE you might be interested in a more -powerful shell environment for Win32. Your options include the Bash -from the Cygwin package (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/), or the -Ksh from the MKS Toolkit (http://www.mks.com/), or the Bourne shell of -the U/WIN environment (http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/), or -or the Zsh (ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/, see also -http://www.zsh.org/). MKS and U/WIN are commercial (U/WIN is free for -educational and research purposes), Cygwin is GPL (but that shouldn't -matter for Perl use). All the above except for the Zsh (which is just -the shell) also include a comprehensive set of standard UNIX toolkit -utilities. +powerful shell environment for Win32. Your options include + +=over 4 + +=item Bash + +from the Cygwin package (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/) + +=item Ksh + +from the MKS Toolkit (http://www.mks.com/), or the Bourne shell of +the U/WIN environment (http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/) + +=item Tcsh + +ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/tcsh/, see also +http://www.primate.wisc.edu/software/csh-tcsh-book/ + +=item Zsh + +ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/, see also http://www.zsh.org/ + +=back + +MKS and U/WIN are commercial (U/WIN is free for educational and +research purposes), Cygwin is covered by the GNU Public License (but +that shouldn't matter for Perl use). The Cygwin, MKS, and U/WIN all +contain (in addition to the shells) a comprehensive set of standard +UNIX toolkit utilities. + +If you're transferring text files between Unix and Windows using FTP +be sure to transfer them in ASCII mode so the ends of lines are +appropriately converted. On Mac OS the MacPerl Application comes with a simple 32k text editor that behaves like a rudimentary IDE. In contrast to the MacPerl Application the MPW Perl tool can make use of the MPW Shell itself as an editor (with -no 32k limit). BBEdit and BBEdit Lite are text editors for Mac OS -that have a Perl sensitivity mode (http://web.barebones.com/). -Alpha is an editor, written and extensible in Tcl, that nonetheless has +no 32k limit). + +=over 4 + +=item BBEdit and BBEdit Lite + +are text editors for Mac OS that have a Perl sensitivity mode +(http://web.barebones.com/). + +=item Alpha + +is an editor, written and extensible in Tcl, that nonetheless has built in support for several popular markup and programming languages including Perl and HTML (http://alpha.olm.net/). +=back + +Pepper and Pe are programming language sensitive text editors for Mac +OS X and BeOS respectively (http://www.hekkelman.com/). + =head2 Where can I get Perl macros for vi? For a complete version of Tom Christiansen's vi configuration file,