fREW Schmidt wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Lyle <[email protected]> wrote:
Mike Tonks wrote:
Hi All,
I was recently asked how to setup a dev environment on Windows for
CGI::Application, and couldn't answer, other than to install ubuntu as
a dual boot and use that.
Can anyone suggest ways to do this?
You've got a few options. Depends on what windows they have and what they
already have setup really.
IIS->ActivePerl
Apache->ActivePerl
I can't say I've used strawberry Perl yet, so can't comment on that option.
ppm install CGI::Application
Komodo Edit is pretty good, they also offer a trial for the full Komodo
http://www.activestate.com
Also: I would recommend adding the recommended sources to ppm. Run
the ppm ui and click Edit->Preferences, go to the repositories tab,
and then add all of the suggested from the list. That will give you
options for plugins and whatnot that you wouldn't have otherwise.
Good point I missed that. Also if you are using IIS you'll want to start
your scripts like:-
#!/Perl/bin/perl.exe
BEGIN {
use FindBin qw ($RealBin $RealScript);
use lib $FindBin::RealBin;
chdir $RealBin;
if ( $ENV{'SERVER_SOFTWARE'} =~ /IIS/ ) {
open STDERR, '> iisError.log' || die "Can't write to
$RealBin/issError.log: $!\n";
binmode STDERR;
#close STDERR;
}#if
}#BEGIN
Unlike Linux/Apache, Windows/IIS doesn't execute your Perl scripts with
the pwd set to where your script actually is. This can play havoc with
Linux code that uses relative paths for files, directories, require,
use, etc. This bit of code fixes it.
Also IIS has a habit of sending anything sent to STDERR to STDOUT
instead. This can cause some weird problems, so either close STDERR or
set it to your own log file instead (as above).
Hope that helps
Lyle
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