EPIC – Perl Editor and IDE for Eclipse

EPIC is an open source Perl IDE (including editor and debugger) based on the Eclipse platform, compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Whether you are into CGI scripting or full-fledged Perl projects with hundreds of modules, EPIC is the most feature-rich and extensible free Perl IDE available today, thanks to a seamless integration with all the major features and GUI conventions of Eclipse.

Syntax highlighting
Configurable coloring of syntactic elements
On-the-fly syntax check
Syntax errors detected and explained as you type or upon saving a file
Content assist
Autocompletion for subroutine and variable names
Quick reference feature
Documentation tooltips for built-in Perl functions
Outline view
Displays used modules and subroutines contained in the edited file
Source formatter
Integrated perltidy and HTML export feature
Perldoc support
Integrated perldoc for quick acccess to documentation
Templating support
Create a library of code snippets to save typing
Persistent breakpoints
Breakpoints stay set between IDE restarts
Single Step/Step Into/Step Over
Tried and true execution control features
Global and local variables inspection
Displays contents of variables (PadWalker module required)
Expression evaluation
Execute user-defined expressions while debugger is paused
RegExp Plug-in
Multiline/ignorecase support

Subexpression highlighting

Single step for debugging

Perl::Critic integration
Helps keep your coding style nice and tidy
…and more!