Perl On NetBeans

This plugin adds support for Perl 5 to NetBeans

Plugin Documentation

The usage documentation for each release is available under the corresponding folder in the repo at docs/user-guides

For all updates, please bookmark this GitHub Page

The plugin can be downloaded from Releases under this repository.

Please note the supported Apache NetBeans version before downloading and installing the plugin

Getting Started

• Download and install Apache NetBeans from here

Compiler and Packaging Module

NEW Starting release 0.8, PerlOnNetBeans will use Carton for dependency management. Please read the more about it on official documentation page for Carton. This feature is not fully implemented in this release and is used only during code execution.

Windows

• Download and install Strawberry Perl
• (Optional) Open a Terminal and type the following command to install Carton

cpan install Carton

Linux (Ubuntu)

• Perl is installed by default on Linux
• (Optional) Open a Terminal and type the following commands to install Carton

curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo App::cpanminus
cpanm Carton

Installing supporting modules

• Install the Perl::Tidy and Perl::Critic modules

Installing the PerlOnNetBeans plugin

• Download and install the plugin from Perl On NetBeans and restart the IDE
• Create a new project
• (Optional) Open the project root location in your terminal and run the command

carton install

• Start Perlin'
• (Optional) If you add any new module in your code, please add the entry to the cpanfile and run the following command in the project root folder

carton install

User Documentation

Please read the user documentation here

Updates

Version: Release 0.8 Date: 12-Jul-2024

Features:

• Fixed autocomplete errors
• Fixed version number inconsistencies
• Breaking change: Added Carton as the package manager for new projects (Not fully implemented)

Version: Release 0.7 Date: 12-May-2024 Tested On: NetBeans 21 with Starwberry Perl 5.32.1 64-bit on Windows 11 Recommended Perl: Starwberry Perl 5.32.1 64-bit

Features:

• Updated release location to Maven central

Version: Release 0.6 Date: 25-May-2022 Tested On: NetBeans 13 with Starwberry Perl 5.32.1.1 64-bit on Windows 10 Recommended Perl: Starwberry Perl 5.32.1.1 64-bit

Features:

• Fixed highlighting issue with empty strings

Version: Release 0.5.1 Date: 10-Mar-2018 Tested On: NetBeans 8.2, 9, and 10 on Windows 7

Features:

• Combined external libraries into the plugin to correct plugin verification issues

Version: Release 0.5 Date: 27-Feb-2018 Tested On: NetBeans 8.2, 9, and 10 on Windows 7

Features:

• Added support for Dancer2 framework (initial stages)
• Added code completion for keywords
• Additional Perl::Tidy configuration options
• Corrected custom Perl binary and libraries location integration errors
• Bug fixes around syntax highlighting
• UI improvements
• Performance improvements
• Upgraded underlying helper libraries

Version: Release 0.4 Date: 19-May-2015 Tested On: NetBeans 8.2 on Windows 7

Features:

• Comment toggle using Ctrl+/
• Retain line indentation on new line
• Menu options to run and compile files
• Added code formatting and template under Options -> Tools
• Project copy/move/rename functions
• Theme support
• Added Dancer support
• Removed extra menu buttons