Re2: Perl for the Masses?

One of the important things for a 'real' language is a slick GUI-based debugger.

And and in perland goes, for free. Check Open Perl @ sourceforge.net. Slick GUI debugger, like Visual Basic (hoovering mouse over variable displays current value, etc.). For ActiveState/Windows perl only.

pmas
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Re: Re2: Perl for the Masses? by toma (Vicar) on Jul 26, 2001 at 20:09 UTC
ptkdb is also a slick GUI debugger, and it works on Linux, HP-UX, windows, etc. It has hovering, watch variables, breakpoints, stepping, etc. I really like debugging cgi programs with it. In X-Windows I set the `$ENV{DISPLAY}` in the `BEGIN` block and call ptkdb in the shebang: `#!/usr/bin/perl -d:ptkdb $\|++; BEGIN { $ENV{DISPLAY}; }` [download] You can single step or set breakpoints in your cgi and watch the output get rendered in your browser as you go. It should work perfectly the first time! - toma	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Re2: Perl for the Masses?
by toma (Vicar) on Jul 26, 2001 at 20:09 UTC

I really like debugging cgi programs with it. In X-Windows I set the $ENV{DISPLAY} in the BEGIN block and call ptkdb in the shebang:

#!/usr/bin/perl -d:ptkdb
$|++;
BEGIN { $ENV{DISPLAY}; }
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It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

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