Editing Developing and Distributing wxPerl Applications on Windows (section)

== wxGlade - a Perl Friendly(cross-platform) GUI Builder ==

=== Install wxGlade ===
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxglade/ wxGlade] is a GUI builder for wxWidgets applications. It is written in Python, but critically supports outputing Perl code. It is actively developed, the developer is very responsive on Github to bugs and feature requests. It is the closest thing we have in Perl to a RAD (rapid application development) environment (e.g., [https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ Lazarus] for FreePascal).

=== Step 1 - Install Python 3.12 for Windows ===
Install via following link,

https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.11/python-3.10.11-amd64.exe ([https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ linked here])

'''Notes''':

# Last tested on '''25 Jan 2025''', although later versions of Python 3 were tested (specifically, 3.12.8), wxPython would install but not run wxGlade properly
# install as admin (checkbox should be already checked; also opt'd to add "python" to the PATH)

=== Step 2 - Install wxPython ===

# open up the Windows CMD window
# use pip,

<big><code>C:\> pip install wxPython</code></big>

'''Note''': if this fails, you may need to reinstall pip; but it should be available in the CMD window. Based on experience, pip doesn't seem to be available via the Strawberry Perl terminal, so be sure to get a standard Windows CMD window to do this part.

=== Step 3- Download and unzip wxGlade ===
https://github.com/wxGlade/wxGlade/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.zip (may want to also try [https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wxglade/wxglade/1.1.0/wxGlade-1.1.0_win_amd64.zip?ts=gAAAAABnlJMXBQlBk2CGz7kaN89RrjqS4GEmSk7spuPtf-gFaK_VqcAQAiFCT24GT-SYsq8SVVmCjmhkzq0VycLd7ofhOQoVlA%3D%3D&r=https%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fwxglade%2Ffiles%2Fwxglade%2F1.1.0%2FwxGlade-1.1.0_win_amd64.zip%2Fdownload%3Fuse_mirror%3Dphoenixnap%26use_mirror%3Dphoenixnap%26r%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsourceforge.net%252Fprojects%252Fwxglade%252Ffiles%252Fwxglade%252F1.1.0%252F wxGlade-1.1.0_win_amd64.zip] - the difference between the two is unclear, but both are tested and both work.)
[[File:WxgladeWinExample.png|alt=wxGlade running on Windows, showing the design window of a GUI about to be run using wxPerl!|thumb|wxGlade running on Windows, showing the design window of a GUI about to be run using wxPerl!]]
Via Windows CMD terminal, navigate to the unzip'd directory and run the command,

<big><code>C:\> python wxglade.py</code></big>

=== Getting wxGlade Help ===
''wxGlade''<nowiki/>'s developer is responsive on Github and there is a semi-active email list on SourceForge,

* Github repo - https://github.com/wxGlade/wxGlade
* email list - https://sourceforge.net/p/wxglade/mailman/wxglade-general/