Are there Perl GUI builders, especially for WxPerl?

Question

Are there good GUI builder for Perl GUI libraries, especially for WxPerl?

Answer 1

It's still fairly new, but the Padre editor has an in-development Padre::Plugin::FormBuilder plugin that takes a wxFormBuilder project file and generates pure-Perl dialog classes.

Answer 2

Check out wxformbuilder. You can design your GUI there and generate an XRC file which wxPerl can then be configured to load.

Answer 3

wxDesigner is the only one I know. I have never used it though.

Answer 4

There is The GUI Loft for Win32::GUI, but of course it's not portable off of Win32.

Answer 5

Of the GUI editors that I have tried briefly, wxGlade seems the most natural to use, but it still doesn't seem to have the "drag and drop" functionality that I grew to love when working with Java in Eclipse or Netbeans. Don't get me wrong, I love Perl, but would still really like to see a nice WYSIWYG GUI editor.

Answer 6

For Wx:

• WxGlade
• Any Wx tool that generates XRC files.

For Tk:

• Zooz
• SpeTcl

Answer 7

I would recommend simply using web-based interfaces for everything. If you went with this approach, you could even run a local (i.e. on a Desktop) web server for "standalone" applications.

In like manner, ActiveState decided to focus on Web-based development instead of continuing work on their GUI editor