Perl Studio 2010 2.5.1

There are several things you are going to like about the Cayoren Software-developed application Perl Studio. Starting in a logical progression, the first thing you are going to like about this application is that you will not waste a lot of time getting it off the web and onto your computer. The Perl Studio download weighs in at a mere 2.1MB, and downloading 2.1MB can’t take long, not even on a less than spectacular internet connection. To my mind, not having to wait a long time for a download to complete is always nice.

The second thing you are going to like about Perl Studio is the fact that it works on numerous versions of the Microsoft-developed Windows operating system. At the time of writing this and according to the developer, Perl Studio provides support for Windows 9x, NT, 2000, ME, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista and Windows 7.

Last but definitely not least, you will like the functionality this application provides. What is Perl Studio and what can it do. This application is an advanced Perl editor; it is a development solution for Perl based websites and applications. Web developers can use this easy to use and comprehensive application to develop, debug and deploy Perl-based applications.

Perl Studio’s main features are:
- Code completion for built-in Perl functions, HTML and CSS
- Built-in FTP client for editing and handling files on remote servers.
- Built-in HTTP server and integrated web browser for testing CGI/Perl scripts
- Syntax checking and highlighting
- Integrated visual file comparison utility

You can enjoy the functionality Perl Studio provides free of charge for a trial period of 30 days. Once that trial period is over, you will have to get a license to keep using the application.

Pros

• Easy to use
• Built-in FTP client, HTTP server and web browser
• Syntax checking and highlighting
• Highly customizable
• Works with Windows 7

Cons

• Free to try (30-day trial)

About Cayoren Software
Headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, software developer Cayoren Software specializes in creating software development tools for dynamic programming languages. As Cayoren Software representatives explained, their main goal is to “help web developers to increase their productivity, by providing high quality and affordable solutions for PHP and Perl programming languages.”

Additional details on Cayoren Software and its products are available here.
Additional details on Perl Studio are available here.

Perl Studio 2010 has been reviewed by George Norman on 17 Nov 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Perl Studio 2010 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent