Get the Power of Perl in a Familiar GUI Environment

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – December 21, 2000 – ActiveState’s second beta release of Visual Perl, a plug-in to Microsoft’s Visual Studio.NET, includes new features for rapid software development. Visual Perl is a full-featured integrated development environment that includes all the features of a modern IDE such as rich syntax aware editor, method tips, online help and debugger support. A key benefit is the short learning curve for programmers already familiar with Visual Studio who want to use Perl’s strengths for quick application development. Visual Perl Beta 2 Features:

• GUI’s support for PDK utilities;
• syntax-aware auto-indenting;
• improved syntax-based colorizing; and more.

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