ActiveState - ActivePerl Pro Studio - The professional Perl programming bundle

Feature List

ActivePerl Pro Studio is everything a Perl programmer needs in one convenient package, delivering professional Perl tools Komodo IDE and PDK Pro, plus premium access to Safari Books Online.

The software licenses are permanent, and include all updates and upgrades for one full year.

What's included:

Komodo IDE

Edit, test and debug entire web applications—server, browser, and the HTTP conversation that connects them—in a single workspace. Award-winning Perl editing and debugging with advanced support for many more dynamic and client-side Ajax language. Intelligent tools for regular expressions, team development and customization, and unparalleled extensibility.

Multi-language editor: Advanced support for browser-side languages: CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML; server-side languages: Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl; and web template languages: RHTML, Template-Toolkit, HTML-Smarty and Django.
Multi-language graphical debugger: The most powerful debugging capabilities for dynamic languages, anywhere.
DOM Viewer: Easily navigate XML, XSLT and HTML in a tree view of the document's DOM structure.
HTTP Inspector: Examine browser-server communications requests and responses as they happen. A local proxy intercepts HTTP traffic, allowing you to view and edit individual transactions.
Source code control integration: Integrate with CVS, Perforce and Subversion.
Code browser: Easily navigate source structure in a tree view of code objects.
Interactive shells: Explore explore ideas while you code, with interactive shells for JavaScript, Perl, Python, Ruby and Tcl.
Project manager: Simplify creating and sharing project with support for multiple projects.
Toolbox: Store and share virtually anything, including configurable "Run" commands, macros, code snippets, URLs, Live and Virtual Folders, templates, menus, toolbars and remote files.
Rx (Regular Expression) Toolkit: Create powerful regular expressions painlessly.
Macros and triggers: Automate regular tasks with editable macros recordings. Quickly access record/playback features through the Toolbar.
Run Commands: Automate any command line function.
Multi-user support: Share important data between multiple users.
Extensibility: Create your own plug-ins. If you've written an extension for Firefox, you'll be comfortable writing one for Komodo.
Find in Files: Efficiently search directories to locate files containing particular patterns.
Perl Dev Kit (PDK) Integration: Create Perl executables from within Komodo IDE.
Project Templates: Implement reusable, sophisticated, project-specific functionality, such as rsync, Rails, etc.
File templates: Language-specific templates and custom template creation, and embeddable macros for date and time stamps.
Documentation: Feature projects, sample projects and tutorials get you up and running right away.

Learn more about Komodo IDE.

PDK Pro

Turn your Perl programs into ready-to-run executables for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. Painlessly debug Perl scripts. Generate code for sophisticated filters, or convert useful VBScript code to Perl. Plus create .NET and ActiveX components, Windows services and system tray applications, all written in Perl.

Sophisticated, easy-to-use tool for bundling Perl source code and modules into executables for distribution. Includes application builders for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.
Graphical Debugger: Extremely nimble debugging client for Windows. Remote debugging support lets you debug scripts on virtually any platform.
Coverage Analyzer: Improve code performance and reliability through coverage experiments, hotspot analysis and data set comparisons. Find and address issues before executables are deployed.
PerlMSI: The better way to create Windows MSI installation files— using Perl code, with support for custom dialogs, shortcuts, registry entries and more.
Filter Builder: Need to filter log files, chunks of code or other text files? Filter Builder is an intuitive tool for interactively operating on text, with filtering and replacement.
VBScript Converter: Jumpstart your transition from VBScript to Perl. Generate Perl code from VBScript, recognizing all popular type libraries, including Microsoft Excel, Windows Scripting Host, Lotus Notes and more.
PerlTray: Convert Perl programs to native Windows system tray applications.
PerlSvc: Convert Perl programs to native Windows services.
PerlNET: Allow .NET Framework code to access Perl code running outside the .NET Framework.
PerlCtrl: Wrap your Perl code as an ActiveX component.

Learn more about PDK Pro.

Safari Books Online

Online reference library for programmers and IT professionals.

Trust your sources: Online access to the electronic versions of over 3,600+ of the latest and greatest books from names you trust: O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Java Press, Macromedia Press, Microsoft Press, New Riders, No Starch, Novell Press, Peachpit Press, Premier Press, Prentice Hall, Prima Publishing, Que, Sams, SitePoint, Syngress, and Wharton School Publishing.
Immediate access to bestsellers: Log in to your Safari account through ASPN, for access to bestselling books by leading publishers.
Save time: No need to sift through piles of books, wait on overnight book shipments, or scrape together information from message boards and colleagues.
Eliminate errors: Cut and paste code directly. Save time. Eliminate programming errors.
Save money: Avoid costly delays from erroneous code or unreliable sources. Safari searches titles from the publishers you have already grown to trust.
Stay current: New books are added in conjunction with, or sometimes in advance of, their print publication dates. Stay ahead of the rapidly changing technology curve.