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Can anyone suggest me a easy to use Perl language IDE with GUI designing support for Ubuntu.

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marked as duplicate by Wooble, Sinan Ünür, Quentin, amon, dgw Mar 29 '13 at 19:57


The suggested duplicate is 3 years old. Is Perl evolving so slowly that no new tools were built in the last 3 years? –  Andomar Mar 29 '13 at 15:59
Why the close votes? The duplicate is not only three years old, but really doesn't answer this particular question. OP is looking for a IDE and not a GUI builder. –  David W. Mar 29 '13 at 16:17
Perl has bindings to multiple GUI toolkits. For GUI designers look at the toolkit you want to use (Wx/GTK/Qt/Whatever). Otherwise, any editor will cut it for Perl. Even Gedit should be fine for a start. (I myself use Kate, and lots of open terminals for documentation & testing snippets) –  amon Mar 29 '13 at 16:26
@DavidW. Closing as a duplicate is not a bad thing. It would be a good idea to update the original (older) question with new information. Then, this and any others closed as duplicates would point to the original with the now updated information instead of knowledge being scattered around. To be sure, this is a constructive question, but it is a duplicate. I do not understand the "not constructive" votes either. –  Sinan Ünür Mar 29 '13 at 17:46

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Take a look at the EPIC plugin for Eclipse. I've used that a few times, and if you like Eclipse, it's very nice.

If you never used Eclipse before, you need to download Eclipse, install it, and then install the EPIC plugin.

Komodo is one of the nicest IDEs for Perl, works with Linux, and is now on sale for only $245!

Gabor Szabo, one of the big Perl mucki-mucks, created Padre. I have never used it, but if Szabo was involved, it's probably pretty good.

I personally use VIM. Yes, it's not an IDE, but it does syntax highlighting, and you can reference the Perldoc by pressing K over a keyword or module name. VIM isn't as easy to use as an IDE, but I find editing in VIM much faster than most IDEs.

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The OP is not asking just for IDEs but for IDEs with GUI designers. –  Sinan Ünür Mar 29 '13 at 17:47
