Max Afonov wrote: > > Emacs and Eclipse, and even vim to a certain degree, are platforms > that can be either used as simple editors, or morphed by the user into > comprehensive development environments. Unfortunately for many, these > platforms are like DIY remote-controlled car kits: assembly is > required. I've stumbled upon something called Eclipse for LAMP, but I > don't know how close that comes to an out-of-the-box kind of deal. > There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch :)
In this case, the chances that somebody invested effort in a open-source (or even freeware) IDE geared towards _your_ specific needs and expectations (or even Catalyst/Perl-for-Web specific needs and expectations) are slim to none. So I'd venture to say: some assembly may always be required. If you want something more than your regular syntax-highlighting tab-supporting editor, you gotta either learn a platform (whether it's Eclipse, Emacs, Vim or whatnot) or write your own. My two cents on editors: deep IDE integration ain't what it's cracked up to be. A powerful editor (with serious syntax highlight and decent code folding will do the trick for me. For now, it's vim for me. I've tried hard, I've tried (X)Emacs, Eclipse+EPIC, jEdit, Komodo, NEdit and even CodeWright, SetEdit and The Hessling Editor (along with a myriad of other editors). They're either too slow, too limited or too idiosyncratic (yes, modal editors are no different) for my taste. vim is by no means perfect, but it's the best tool I've found so far. PS. here's a TextEditor wiki where you can knock yourself out in the search for the perfect editor (aka the developers holy grail): http://texteditors.org/ _______________________________________________ List: [email protected] Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
