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L<http://open-perl-ide.sourceforge.net/>

Open Perl IDE is an integrated development environment for writing
and debugging Perl scripts with ActiveState's ActivePerl distribution
under Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

=item OptiPerl

L<https://www.uptiv.com/free/optiperl/>

OptiPerl is a Windows IDE with simulated CGI environment, including
debugger and syntax-highlighting editor.

=item Padre

L<http://padre.perlide.org/>

Padre is cross-platform IDE for Perl written in Perl using wxWidgets to provide
a native look and feel. It's open source under the Artistic License. It
is one of the newer Perl IDEs.

=item PerlBuilder

L<http://www.solutionsoft.com/perl.htm>

PerlBuilder is an integrated development environment for Windows that
supports Perl development.

=item visiPerl+

L<http://helpconsulting.net/visiperl/index.html>

From Help Consulting, for Windows.

=item Visual Perl

L<http://www.activestate.com/Products/Visual_Perl/>

Visual Perl is a Visual Studio.NET plug-in from ActiveState.

=item Zeus

L<http://www.zeusedit.com/lookmain.html>

Zeus for Windows is another Win32 multi-language editor/IDE
that comes with support for Perl.

=back

For editors: if you're on Unix you probably have vi or a vi clone
already, and possibly an emacs too, so you may not need to download
anything. In any emacs the cperl-mode (M-x cperl-mode) gives you
perhaps the best available Perl editing mode in any editor.

If you are using Windows, you can use any editor that lets you work
with plain text, such as NotePad or WordPad. Word processors, such as
Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, typically do not work since they insert
all sorts of behind-the-scenes information, although some allow you to
save files as "Text Only". You can also download text editors designed
specifically for programming, such as Textpad (
L<http://www.textpad.com/> ) and UltraEdit ( L<http://www.ultraedit.com/> ),
among others.

If you are using MacOS, the same concerns apply. MacPerl (for Classic
environments) comes with a simple editor. Popular external editors are
BBEdit ( L<http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/> ) or Alpha (
L<http://www.his.com/~jguyer/Alpha/Alpha8.html> ). MacOS X users can use
Unix editors as well.

=over 4

=item GNU Emacs

L<http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html>

=item MicroEMACS

L<http://www.microemacs.de/>

=item XEmacs

L<http://www.xemacs.org/Download/index.html>

=item Jed

L<http://space.mit.edu/~davis/jed/>

=back

or a vi clone such as

=over 4

=item Vim

L<http://www.vim.org/>

=item Vile

L<http://invisible-island.net/vile/vile.html>

=back

The following are Win32 multilanguage editor/IDEs that support Perl:

=over 4

=item MultiEdit

L<http://www.MultiEdit.com/>

=item SlickEdit

L<http://www.slickedit.com/>

=item ConTEXT

L<http://www.contexteditor.org/>

=back