Perl Dev Kit (Windows) 8.0.1

Perl Dev Kit (Windows) 8.0.1 offers you a powerful tool which can help you to provide essential tools for Perl programmers, making it simple to build and deploy applications. PDK features application builders for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and AIX; plus a suite of tools to speed development time and improve code quality.

PDK includes the complete suite of tools for creating and deploying Perl applications. Graphical user interfaces for all application builders make creating executables fast and easy, with visual guides to a wealth of build options. The comprehensive feature set includes PerlApp, Coverage Analyzer, Filter Builder, VBScript Converter, Graphical Debugger, PerlMSI, PerlCtrl, PerlNET, PerlSvc and PerlTray.

The Perl Dev Kit (PDK) includes everything you need for fast development of self-contained, easily-deployable applications for any platform. Turn your Perl programs into ready-to-run executables for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, or AIX -- or all of them.

Easily reveal unused or overused code with the coverage and hotspot analyzer. Get the whole team coding to your standard (in-house standards, industry best practices -- your call!) using PerlCritic's policies. Interactively create sophisticated Perl-based filters. Windows developer? Painlessly debug Perl scripts, and easily convert useful VBScript code to Perl. Plus create .NET and ActiveX components, Windows services and system tray applications, all written in Perl. 

Major Features: 

1. PerlApp: Now with cross-platform wrapping, use this sophisticated, easy-to-use tool for bundling Perl source code and modules into executables for distribution for any platform. Includes application builders for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and AIX.
2. PerlCritic: Enforce and apply coding standards across your whole team, including best practices and entirely customizable policies.
3. Graphical Debugger: Extremely nimble debugging client for Windows. Remote debugging support lets you debug scripts on virtually any platform.
4. Coverage Analyzer: Improve code performance and reliability through coverage experiments, hotspot analysis and data set comparisons. Find and address issues before executables are deployed.
   PerlMSI: The better way to create Windows MSI installation files -- using Perl code, with support for custom dialogs, shortcuts, registry entries and more.
   Filter Builder: Need to filter log files, chunks of code or other text files? Filter Builder is an intuitive tool for interactively operating on text, with filtering and replacement.
   VBScript Converter: Jumpstart your transition from VBScript to Perl. Generate Perl code from VBScript, recognizing all popular type libraries, including Microsoft Excel, Windows Scripting Host, Lotus Notes and more.
   PerlTray: Convert Perl programs to native Windows system tray applications.
   PerlSvc: Convert Perl programs to native Windows services.
   PerlNET: Allow .NET Framework code to access Perl code running outside the .NET Framework.
5. PerlCtrl: Wrap your Perl code as an ActiveX component.

Major Functions: 

 1. Deploy

• NEW! Develop and deploy your Perl programs to anyone on any platform with PerlApp's new cross-platform wrapping.
• Deliver code as executables or as Windows Services, ActiveX components, .NET assemblies or in the System Tray.
• Easily create MSI files using Perl code.
  

2. Code

• NEW! Be your own best critic: Enforce best-practices or personalized coding policies against your source code. Great for teams!
• Filter text interactively, with on-the-fly results.
• Jumpstart your transition from VBScript to Perl.
  

3. Fix

• Improve code performance and reliability through coverage experiments, hotspot analysis and data set comparisons.
• Find problems fast with the nimble Windows debugger.

Enhancements:

1. Cross-wrapping support in PerlApp,
2. New PerlCritic application

Requirements: Windows 2000+

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