Thai Heng has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to develope web application in windows using perl, mojolicious, and postgres. Would you tell me what's the best practice about following questions?

1. Is cygwin necessary? 2. the IDE, Emacs? 3. Some mojo examples can't run in lastest stable mojo version, how can I find some example. 4. mojo + nginx is suitable in windows?

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Re: What's the best tools developing perl in windows
by Anonymous Monk on May 04, 2014 at 00:52 UTC

    Would you tell me what's the best practice about following questions?

    There is only good enough :) after that is all preference

    1. Is cygwin necessary?

    no

    2. the IDE, Emacs?

    I don't like IDEs :) I don't like Emacs ... I like SciTe ... http://padre.perlide.org is ok too ... I've developed with notepad too (not notepad2 or notepad++ plain old notepad) ... "the best" is something you know and are comfortable with that doesn't interfere, that helps you ... often taking the time to find out what you like best isn't worth the effort :)

    3. Some mojo examples can't run in lastest stable mojo version, how can I find some example.

    What examples? Try the other examples? The documentation always worked pretty good for examples for me :) my example Mojolicious::Lite +and jQuery +AJAX + Mojo::Template, Re: What does Mojolicious do exactly and is it right for me?, Re: Strange issue with Mojolicious

    4. mojo + nginx is suitable in windows?

    For development? No, you don't need nginx for development, you got Mojo

Re: What's the best tools developing perl in windows
by ww (Archbishop) on May 04, 2014 at 03:07 UTC
    Best practice can be found in an area you didn't even mention: your brain.

    Search, read, learn

    Use tools you have mastered, are mastering, or want to master.

    To paraphrase AnonyMonk's observations: anything that makes it possible for you to do what you want is fine; best practice is mostly in the eyes of the beholder.


    Come, let us reason together: Spirit of the Monastery
Re: What's the best tools developing perl in windows
by Random_Walk (Prior) on May 04, 2014 at 08:34 UTC

    I use gvim on Windows. This is mostly because I spend a lot of time on Linux/Unix too, and can reach for vim/vi there and keep with the same muscle memory. I Use ActiveState Perl on Windows because that is the standard I have found at all the Windows shops that employ me. Where possibly I persuade them to upgrade from Version 5.8

    :wq

    Cheers,
    R.

    Pereant, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt!
Re: What's the best tools developing perl in windows
by Anonymous Monk on May 04, 2014 at 11:35 UTC
    (Shudder ...) "I've never driven a car before, but I want to win a medal. Should I use a gas or diesel engine? Are three wheels better than four? I'm starting the race tomorrow." If only it were that easy.