Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I haven't written any desktop code in Perl in years. The last time I did, I used Tk, and while it wasn't as polished as a native app, it got the job done nicely. Now I'm about to write another desktop application, and it needs to run on Windows. I would like it to look as native as possible (with the obvious exception of the console window). Looking at CPAN, it seems the three main choices are Tk, Win32::GUI, and wxPerl. Which one do you guys think I should go with? thanks.
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Re: Which GUI toolkit should I use (must run on Windows)?
by greatshots (Pilgrim) on Apr 03, 2007 at 03:09 UTC
    Upon your requirement. more infos here
      Personally, I haven't used neither, but why don't you take a look at The GUI Loft? It's supposed to be pretty good as a quick design tool for Win32::GUI, which will let you experiment all you want to see if it suits your needs without getting your hands dirty.

      If your code isn't supposed to be portable, Win32::GUI will most likely give you the most Windows-like looks, and it's the best way to go IMHO. Otherwise, I think you should reconsider using something like Perl/Tk, Glade-Perl or wxPerl...

      Good luck!

Re: Which GUI toolkit should I use (must run on Windows)?
by dk (Chaplain) on Apr 03, 2007 at 08:41 UTC
    <shameless plug>
    try Prima
    </shameless plug>