Komodo IDE is excellent for developing Perl (and other scripting languages) assuming you really mean Komodo IDE, and not just that you have installed Active State Perl.

Assuming you have installed Active State Perl, you already have access to CPAN and CPAN modules. "ppm" provides a GUI for selecting and installing modules that Active State have packaged up for you. If you prefer to use CPAN you can do so at a command line. The Active State provided version of CPAN will install a suitable compiler the first time you run CPAN and will then function in the same way you are accustomed to on *nix.

Despite VBA being a fairly nasty language, using Excel macros written in VBA is likely to be a better fit for your colleagues - they don't then have to install Perl and possibly various Perl modules to be able to run arcane command line stuff to get magic done. For many GUI oriented people there would be too many things to learn for them to want to use your Perl tools regardless of how much work, errors and time your tools may save.

Premature optimization is the root of all job security

In reply to Re: Advice on building a Perl App for Windows by GrandFather
in thread Advice on building a Perl App for Windows by Anonymous Monk

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