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ahluka

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« on: August 19, 2005, 12:52:05 PM »
I've just learnt (well I'm still learning) about writing GUI's in Perl using Tk. It's so damn flexible it shouldn't be allowed, I mean you can embed GUI into webpages and use it's really easy callback system to do, well just about anything.

Perl/Tk's best features are definitely revealed when writing local GUI programs though.

I really recommend anyone who hasn't already done so to go to http://www.activestate.com, choose products from the top menu, and grab a copy of ActivePerl (definitely easiest to setup if you want the HTML/Perl as well). It comes with most modules installed which I why I chose it (I had trouble getting the Tk modules installed under Linux :( ).

Very neat little language, I can see I'm going to use this for a loooooong time  :)

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ActivePerl is free BTW

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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2005, 04:43:25 PM »
All hail java for web programming :),


or maybe php.

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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2005, 06:02:51 PM »
I want to learn Perl, but I can't stop using PHP :D

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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2005, 05:22:35 AM »
I prefer PHP to Perl... although I'd use either... Perl's simple use of POST messages is nice though
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« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2005, 05:40:18 AM »
I've been meaning to look into PHP for about 2 years, guess now would be a good time to start.

I agree about it's POST capabilities - a godsend to an amateur website programmer like me  :)

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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2005, 01:52:38 PM »
What's the difference?  (I only know a small amount of Perl from the system side... haven't used it on the web yet).

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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2005, 07:05:01 PM »
Id opt for python over Perl for CGI's. Python is just a way more intuitive language.