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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2003/12/03 03:02:44 $)
+perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2004/04/07 21:33:08 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -218,24 +218,24 @@ 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:
+If you want an IDE, check the following (in alphabetical order, not
+order of preference):
=over 4
-=item Komodo
+=item Eclipse
-ActiveState's cross-platform (as of April 2001 Windows and Linux),
-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 )).
+The Eclipse Perl Integration Project integrates Perl
+editing/debugging with Eclipse.
+
+The website for the project is http://e-p-i-c.sf.net/
-=item The Object System
+=item Komodo
-( http://www.castlelink.co.uk/object_system/ ) is a Perl web
-applications development IDE, apparently for any platform
-that runs Perl.
+ActiveState's cross-platform (as of October 2004, that's Windows, Linux,
+and Solaris), multi-language IDE has Perl support, including a regular expression
+debugger and remote debugging
+( http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/Komodo/ ).
=item Open Perl IDE
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ Open Perl IDE is an integrated development environment for writing
and debugging Perl scripts with ActiveState's ActivePerl distribution
under Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
+=item OptiPerl
+
+( http://www.optiperl.com/ ) is a Windows IDE with simulated CGI
+environment, including debugger and syntax highlighting editor.
+
=item PerlBuilder
( http://www.solutionsoft.com/perl.htm ) is an integrated development
@@ -254,10 +259,11 @@ environment for Windows that supports Perl development.
( http://helpconsulting.net/visiperl/ )
From Help Consulting, for Windows.
-=item OptiPerl
+=item Visual Perl
+
+( http://www.activestate.com/Products/Visual_Perl/ )
+Visual Perl is a Visual Studio.NET plug-in from ActiveState.
-( http://www.optiperl.com/ ) is a Windows IDE with simulated CGI
-environment, including debugger and syntax highlighting editor.
=back
@@ -279,7 +285,7 @@ specifically for programming, such as Textpad
If you are using MacOS, the same concerns apply. MacPerl
(for Classic environments) comes with a simple editor.
Popular external editors are BBEdit ( http://www.bbedit.com/ )
-or Alpha ( http://www.kelehers.org/alpha/ ). MacOS X users can
+or Alpha ( http://www.his.com/~jguyer/Alpha/Alpha8.html ). MacOS X users can
use Unix editors as well.
=over 4
@@ -338,7 +344,7 @@ The following are Win32 multilanguage editor/IDESs that support Perl:
=item Codewright
-http://www.starbase.com/
+http://www.borland.com/codewright/
=item MultiEdit
@@ -399,16 +405,22 @@ no 32k limit).
=over 4
-=item BBEdit and BBEdit Lite
+=item Affrus
-are text editors for Mac OS that have a Perl sensitivity mode
-( http://web.barebones.com/ ).
+is a full Perl development enivornment with full debugger support (
+http://www.latenightsw.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/ ).
+including Perl and HTML ( http://www.his.com/~jguyer/Alpha/Alpha8.html ).
+
+=item BBEdit and BBEdit Lite
+
+are text editors for Mac OS that have a Perl sensitivity mode
+( http://web.barebones.com/ ).
+
=back
@@ -454,7 +466,7 @@ to the Athena Widget set. Both are available from CPAN. See the
directory http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-category/08_User_Interfaces/
Invaluable for Perl/Tk programming are the Perl/Tk FAQ at
-http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/%7Epvhp/ptk/ptkTOC.html , the Perl/Tk Reference
+http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.perl.tk/ptkFAQ.html , the Perl/Tk Reference
Guide available at
http://www.cpan.org/authors/Stephen_O_Lidie/ , and the
online manpages at
@@ -780,7 +792,7 @@ Perl install anyway.
=head2 How can I compile Perl into Java?
You can also integrate Java and Perl with the
-Perl Resource Kit from O'Reilly and Associates. See
+Perl Resource Kit from O'Reilly Media. See
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prkunix/ .
Perl 5.6 comes with Java Perl Lingo, or JPL. JPL, still in