Re^3: Begin Your Skyscraper

I didn't say wxPerl was "better" than Perl/Tk... I said I like it better. On most linux distributions, installation is as easy as "apt-get install wxperl". For windows, there are pre-built binaries available here:
http://www.wxperl.co.uk/
There are tools, like wxGlade, that make building your GUI a mostly drag-n-drop exercise. So, it is also possible to have a small app up and running in minutes with wxPerl.

The OP listed learning Perl/Tk as an essential step, as if it were the ONLY possible solution for GUIs with perl, and that's clearly not the case. There's also PerlQt. Like all things perl, TMTOWTDI.

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Re^4: Begin Your Skyscraper by Tux (Canon) on Aug 12, 2011 at 06:03 UTC
You're absolutely right. I indeed misread "like better" as "is better". And because I like Tk that much, I immediately jumped in. runrig already mentioned that the Learning/Tk book is kinda useless and Mastering Perl/Tk is much better. I wholeheartedly agree. Though I'd like to add that after reading the latter, having the perl/Tk quick reference guide available is darn handy. ... and Glib and Gtk2 and X11::Protocol all to get into graphical front ends. Not really for starting out simple GUI apps though. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]

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Re^4: Begin Your Skyscraper
by Tux (Canon) on Aug 12, 2011 at 06:03 UTC

You're absolutely right. I indeed misread "like better" as "is better". And because I like Tk that much, I immediately jumped in.

runrig already mentioned that the Learning/Tk book is kinda useless and Mastering Perl/Tk is much better. I wholeheartedly agree. Though I'd like to add that after reading the latter, having the perl/Tk quick reference guide available is darn handy.

... and Glib and Gtk2 and X11::Protocol all to get into graphical front ends. Not really for starting out simple GUI apps though.

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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