EPIC - Perl Editor and IDE for Eclipse
EPIC is an open source Perl IDE (including editor and debugger) based on the Eclipse platform, compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Whether you are into CGI scripting or full-fledged Perl projects with hundreds of modules, EPIC is the most feature-rich and extensible free Perl IDE available today.
- Syntax highlighting
- Configurable coloring of syntactic elements
- On-the-fly syntax check
- Syntax errors detected and explained as you type or upon saving a file
- Content assist
- Autocompletion for subroutine and variable names
- Quick reference feature
- Documentation tooltips for built-in Perl functions
- Outline view
- Displays used modules and subroutines contained in the edited file
- Source formatter
- Integrated perltidy and HTML export feature
- Perldoc support
- Integrated perldoc for quick acccess to documentation
- Templating support
- Create a library of code snippets to save typing
- Persistent breakpoints
- Breakpoints stay set between IDE restarts
- Single Step/Step Into/Step Over
- Tried and true execution control features
- Variables inspection
- Displays contents of variables (PadWalker module required)
- Expression evaluation
- Execute user-defined expressions while debugger is paused
- RegExp Plug-in
- Multiline/ignorecase support, subexpression highlighting, and single step for debugging.
- Perl::Critic integration
- Helps keep your coding style nice and tidy
- ...and more!
