Best Perl compiler, IDE for Win XP, 32bit

[2007]

I am looking for Perl compiler and possibly an IDE.

I have used Active Perl before and was fine with it. I was searching
online and there was a recommendation for an IDE too. Then there
seems other IDEs too (Open Perl IDE and Eclipse IDE - which one?).

So too many to choose from - any guidance?

http://www.cpan.org/ports/index.html#win32
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/

 

[2007]

I am looking for Perl compiler and possibly an IDE.

I have used Active Perl before and was fine with it.  I was searching
online and there was a recommendation for an IDE too.  Then there
seems other IDEs too (Open Perl IDE  and Eclipse IDE - which one?).

So too many to choose from - any guidance?

http://www.cpan.org/ports/index.html#win32http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/

Also there is http://codepad.org/
But I found that it won't take an input from me.

 

[Pradeep]

Padre is supposed to be very good nowadays. (I haven't used it myself,
but I'm not an IDE person.)

Ben

Padre is progressing fine for final release and I hope it will have
great future. I have tried many, but currently I am using Geany.

Pradeep

 

[Bart Lateur]

I am looking for Perl compiler and possibly an IDE.

Perl doesn't have a compiler, so that gives me a clue on your expertise
level...

I have used Active Perl before and was fine with it. I was searching
online and there was a recommendation for an IDE too. Then there
seems other IDEs too (Open Perl IDE and Eclipse IDE - which one?).

So too many to choose from - any guidance?

http://www.cpan.org/ports/index.html#win32
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/

Tell you what: since you apparently inquire about perl for Windows, why
don't you install the brand new Strawberry Perl Pro?


http://perlbuzz.com/2010/03/announcing-strawberry-perl-professional.html

 

[2007]

Perl doesn't have a compiler, so that gives me a clue on your expertise
level...

I know its an interpreter - as I searched online with keywords, it
auto-types in with words such as "compiler" - so I assumed compiler is
a preferred word. Two people above had not expressed an issue with it.

 

[Jürgen Exner]

I know its an interpreter - as I searched online with keywords, it
auto-types in with words such as "compiler" - so I assumed compiler is
a preferred word.

As much as pickup is the preferred word over coupe. Both get you from
point a to point b and consist mostly of similar parts, but when going
shopping for one you better know which one you want.

Two people above had not expressed an issue with it.

As far as I could see neither was addressing the compiler part of your
question in the first place.

jue

 

[2007]

Padre is progressing fine for final release and I hope it will have
great future. I have tried many, but currently I am using Geany.

Pradeep

I checked Padre:
Any comments on Strawberry Perl as opposed to Active Perl - I know the
latter doesn't have IDE.

 

[Bart Lateur]

Any comments on Strawberry Perl as opposed to Active Perl - I know the
latter doesn't have IDE.

The core of Perl for both is the same. There's a difference in user
experience, but the difference is not huge, IMHO.

And do not overestimate the importance of an IDE for Perl. Most people
get along just fine with just a test editor; if you can easily invoke
Perl on your current script and capture its output into an editor
windows, you're basically set.

The reason why Strawberry Perl was originally developed is in order to
easily install modules, even more difficult ones, and especially the
modules wrritten in C. But since then, ActivePerl added support for
other C compilers than the one it was originally built with (i.e.
Miscrosoft Visual C), so now you can easily use MinGW instead: all you
have to do is install MinGW, make sure it's in PATH, and ActivePerl will
find it.

Strawberry Perl includes that C compiler. So you have to do fewer things
yourself before you can get to work.