EPIC - Eclipse Perl Integration (original) (raw)

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, thanks to a seamless integration with all the major features and GUI conventions of Eclipse.

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

Global and local 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

Single step for debugging

Perl::Critic integration

Helps keep your coding style nice and tidy

...and more!