Perl Editor and IDE

Both JPad Pro and SitePad Pro provide an IDE for Perl including support for editing, running and debugging Perl. The built-in Perl editor support includes smart indent and syntax coloring for *.pl, *.vep, and *.cgi and *.pm file types. Additional Perl file types can easily be added. Support is also provided for editing UNIX and MAC file types. The IDE also provides script objects for FTP, POP, SMTP, and HTTP protocols which can be used to automate the maintenance and operation of a web site.

Debugging Perl with SitePad Pro

Running and debugging Perl requires the Perl Development Kit. See the Tools/Perl script folder for details.

Other features include custom menus, custom toolbars, smart keys (key patterns that invoke a script), multifile find and replace, spell checker, project, split windows, code folding (outlining), background colors, a movable menu bar, movable tool bars, movable workspace panel, movable output panel, optional MDI editor tabs, output panel tabs, support for html based modeless dialogs. Built-in toolbars include a Finder toolbar, command toolbars, source control toolbar, and a document set toolbar. Support is also included for multiple source control systems.

In addition to Perl, other file types supported by SitePad Pro and JPad Pro include java, c/c++, php, xml, javascript, vbscript, and html. Custom file types with syntax coloring can be easily added. SitePad Pro also includes basic .NET support for C# including an editor, code folding, and smart complete for the core .NET classes.