Eclipse perl perspective

[stevexff]

I've just discovered the perl plugin for Eclipse, available from

http://e-p-i-c.sourceforge.net

Assuming you have Eclipse (108MB download), JDK (60ish MB download) already, it's pretty easy to install.

Gives you a perl-specific editor perspective, syntax highlighting, code completion, on-the-fly compile checking, integration with CVS, and a regex helper tool.

It also allegedly has a debugger where you can set breakpoints, step through code, and even pretend to run in a CGI environment. Unfortunately, it depends on the Padwalker perl module, which is currently broken in ActiveState Perl on Windows. (Perhaps I'm being cynical, but if you already make and sell your own Perl IDE, there isn't much incentive to fix something that helps your competition...). Has anyone tried the debugger under Linux or Unix, where it ought to work?

Steve

 

[icrf]

I remember running EPIC on my FreeBSD install for about a week. I liked it, looked nice, never really go to play too much with it, b/c then I got a job in .NET which took away most of my time/motivation for Perl programming, and then my FreeBSD install tanked and I haven't gone back to touch it in two years or so. Real-time syntax checking is awfully nice.

Anyway, I was impressed with it and would suggest to anyone who does more serious work in Perl. Check my faq219-5835 for more IDE's and editor options if you're in a sampling mood.

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo