Could you name some of the outstanding features VS has to offer? Maybe you want to add them to this thread: What are the criterias of a "good" Perl IDE? 8)

For instance, (from what I read from WP¹) do you mean the various WYSIWYG Editors (GUI,WEB, Classes,... ) or the "Edit and Continue" functionality of the debugger or what else?

(1) most likely authored by MS's PR departement.