Is there a Windows IDE that can handle both C and Perl?

Question

I use Strawberry Perl, which includes MinGW GCC, I also use the GNU GDB debugger and Subversion. How can I create a single development environment that matches this (except for UltraEdit, the command shell, and IE) and how can I further improve its functions?

Answer 1

I would have a good look at Eclipse if I were you! Then look at the EPIC IDE plug-in.

Subversion works very well with this IDE using Tortoise SVN or better, as mentioned in one of David Gualano's comments, Subversive .

Answer 2

Personally, I use the ActiveState Komodo IDE. Komodo Edit can satisfy your needs and is its free alternative.

Answer 3

You can use emacs for windows.

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html

Answer 4

msvc 6 will do the job pretty well.

my perl is set to c: \ perl \ bin, so ...

in the user menu, create a new tool.

c: \ perl \ bin \ perl.exe command
arguments -w $ (FileName) $ (FileExt)
$ start directory (FileDir)

check the "Use output" window.

create a toolbar button to launch the tool. The output perl value will appear in the output window.

Answer 5

Have you tried Notepad ++? This is basically a text editor "pulled out all the stops" with highlighting code for every language you can think of. But it does have a wonderful macro / external command / extension, so connecting to the compiler is pretty simple.

I am currently using it for C, Inform, Python, Perl, HTML and VB.Net, with a surprisingly small amount of gearshift issues.

In addition, FOSS.

(and, I just discovered that it also has code completion. Great!)

Answer 6

I am not a Windows developer or IDE user, but the combination of Cygwin (for all the handy Unix tools and a better shell) and emacs does this job when I have to work on Windows.

Answer 7

Personally, I enjoy using SciTE to develop C, C ++, Perl, and Python on Windows. Using one tool has many advantages for me - as an expert in it improves my productivity in all languages. SciTE has a built-in scripting language, and it is also quite easy to combine it with external scripts, so it expands beyond the imagination - and that using standard tools.