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I develop applications using PHP or Java and will study Perl for the first time.
For PHP and Java, there are integrated development environments such as Eclipse, and debugging environment was regulated well, but, in the case of Perl, what kind of development environment do people use?
Is there a recommended IDE?
I would prefer a free debugging environment.
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Padre - the Perl IDE Padre is a cross-platform, open-source, free, IDE for Perl, written in Perl, and which is under active development. It's probably the most recommended for most people who don't have a previous preference. Padre, an IDE for Perl written in Perl.
Here are the simple steps to install Perl on Unix/Linux machine. Open a Web browser and go to https://www.perl.org/get.html. Follow the link to download zipped source code available for Unix/Linux. Download perl-5.
Install Visual Studio CodeTo make it easier to write Perl code, you need to have a good code editor with syntax highlighting and other features. One of these editors is Visual Studio Code which is free. In addition, it supports Windows, macOS, and Linux.
While the language does have features that ease the task of the programmer, it comes at the expense of greater CPU and memory requirements. Nonetheless, widespread developer embrace of other languages for things like building websites, means that Perl is going to just fall into increasing disuse.
As Sinan stated, there are some IDEs for Perl. Padre is worth a mention. It is being actively developed by the Perl community.
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Perl has very good debugging support. Read perldoc perldebug for details.
There are a bunch of IDEs such as ActiveState's Komodo, EPIC etc but I prefer to combine GVim (see also .vimrc for Perl programmers) with the command line. Others prefer Emacs.
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