Hi, Joey:
I guess the easiest place to start is at the beginning. :-)
Do you have regular PERL already installed on the box?
Although there are a few distributions out there, the one that most
developers seem to favor on the win32 platform is the ActiveState PERL
distribution which can be found at:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Download.plex?id=ActivePerl
.
The ARSPerl package is actually a module - rather like a plugin - that
you add to the PERL installation via the PPM utility. Instructions for
doing just this are included in the distribution. You can find the
module over on a new SourceForge site, located at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/arsperl
One of the things which the PERL language seems to lack is a good, solid
IDE. I mean, most windows developer like "Visual" languages and tools,
yes? To fill the gap, there is a freeware application called Eclipse,
which you can download from:
http://www.eclipse.org/
Eclipse is an IDE that is typically reserved for Java. There is an
excellent plug-in for it, however, that turns it into a really slick IDE
for PERL that has some really nice features, including the detection of
code errors and code beautifying. The plug-in is called EPIC.
You can download EPIC from:
http://e-p-i-c.sourceforge.net/
One other item.... One of the problems which PERL developers face is
distribution. What happens if you develop a really great backup script
or something and need to deploy it on a number of servers internally?
Well, converting a PERL script into an EXE would be really the ideal
solution because then you could distribute only the binary ( the EXE
file ) and perhaps some of the Dlls.
This is where PAR comes into play. PAR is the PERL Archiver and is a
freeware application that will compile your scripts into EXE form. You
can read more about it at:
http://par.perl.org/index.cgi
So far, I have been covering the freeware route of PERL development,
primarily because these are the tools that get used when there is no
budget for new ones to be had. They all work perfectly fine and get the
job done. If you are looking for something a little more commercial /
supportable, however, there are a number of tools on the market.
The ActiveState web site has other products which do the same thing and
then some. For example, the Perl PDK or Perl Development Kit, allows you
to compile application scripts and packages into DLL form. This means
that you can install them on a windows box and use any scripting
language that has a COM / OLE ability to access them.
You can find more information on the Perl PDK at:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/PerlDevKit/?x=1
Similarly, ActiveState has its own IDE offering to the Perl Community.
The IDE is called Komodo. More information on Komodo can be found at:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/?x=1
They are also offering what they call the ProPack for Perl development.
This can be found at :
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerlProStudio/?x=1
Hope that this helps.
Will
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Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 9:44 AM
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Cc: Joey Bennett
Subject: ARS Perl install help
Group,
I am taking a stab at using ARSPERL on my test box. I am having some
problems understanding how to get the Perl onto the server for
integration. I have used other scripting languages before but they were
standalone. All the instructions refer to a Makefile.PL which I don't
find
in the distribution. How do you create this file. My Remedy is
v.6.0.1
and the servers are using Windows 2000. Any help would be appreciated.
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