P.T. Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 I have started a CGI/Perl class and we have started writing some really basic scripts. It didn't take me long to figure out I couldn't write this is my usual editor. For now I writing my scripts in NotePad. I was wondering if anyone out there knows of a nice CGI/Perl editor that will let also let you change to "view" so you can see your script? Quote
schussat Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 By "view" do you mean you want to see the output from the script? As far as I know, the only meaningful way to do this is to execute the script in your browser. If the server is local to the editor, you can run perl and php scripts at the command line, but the results aren't very useful most of the time. Quote
P.T. Posted March 21, 2004 Author Posted March 21, 2004 schussat Posted on Mar 21 2004, 03:31 PM By "view" do you mean you want to see the output from the script? As far as I know, the only meaningful way to do this is to execute the script in your browser I'm looking for something along these lines. (quoted below) Does anyone know of anything any better? Or, does anyone know anything about this one? Good/Bad/Mediocre? I saw this posted in a classroom forum. ? One of the best ones I've found is from DzSoft, called PERL Editor (www.dzsoft.com). This allows you to see what your script will do in a browser windows without having to open a browser. The price isn't too bad ($49) and well worth it if you plan on writing alot of PERL (or CGI). Quote
TCH-Rob Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 (edited) I am not sure if it will do it all as I dont code PERL but look at EditPlus at editplus.com. You can download it for free, try it out and see if it fits the bill. At www.hotscripts.com/CGI_and_Perl/Software/index.html there are 28 editors to look through as well. Edited March 21, 2004 by TCH-Rob Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 I have used Perl Builder from solutionsoft.com and was pleased with the results. Quote
P.T. Posted March 22, 2004 Author Posted March 22, 2004 Thanks for all the replys. I appreciate it. TCH-Bruce Posted on Mar 21 2004, 05:56 PM I have used Perl Builder from solutionsoft.com and was pleased with the results. TCH-Bruce Thanks for the link and info on this editor but this one is a little pricey for me If I were going to code CGI a lot this would be the one. As it stands I'm just trying to broaden my coding skills a little. Again, thanks for the feed back. P.T. Quote
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