OptiPerl 5 is fully integrated visual environment and editor for creating, testing, debugging and running perl and cgi scripts, directly or through associated html documents.

It has a well designed user interface and many features.Features Include:- Offline editing of CGI Perl Scripts.- Complete emulation of a real server: scripts can be run indirectly from html documents, with OptiPerl's intenal server.

However there is also excellent support if using an apache server.- Live preview of the scripts in the internal web browser as text or web document.- Feature packed editor with syntax highlighting and much user customization.- Completely integrated local & remote debugging with live evaluation of expressions, watches, breakpoints, flow control.- Code explorer which is a navigational tool that lists elements in your script and can also do a perl pattern search.- Code librarian and code templates that can be shared with others.- Context-Sensitive Help on all of Perl's core and module documentation- Query editor to easily create Query's to be tested with a GET and POST method.- Pod extractor creates a tree list view of embedded or standalone pod info.- To do list that is associated with each script.- Version converter to handle non supported perl functions in windows.- Smart FTP uploader with a database of upload locations.- Project support and publishing.- Live RegExp Tester.- Source reformatter.- Many tools like Encoder, Perl Printer, Log Viewer, File Explorer and others!OptiPerl is used by professionals or amatures. - Professionals designing perl programs and cgi scripts use it.

Save much time by quickly creating, debugging and testing all the ideas you have increasing productivity.- It is a great learning tool.

You can use it to learn Perl and CGI programming in the comfort of a visual editor, without loss of time and money because of loading from dos or being for hours on-line.