Editing Developing and Distributing wxPerl Applications on Windows (section)

=== wxPerl Helper - ''A lightweight GUI for packaging Perl applications on Windows'' ===
In February 2026, an exciting new project was launched to help Perl programmers bootstrap creating Windows executables and program installers. wxPerl Helper is designed to work within the development environment described herein (Strawberry Perl, Alien::wxWidgets, wxPerl, wxGlade). Given this environment, the current "beta" version of the software can assist with the following:

* automatically finds required DLLs
* generates Makefile, based on using wxpar (a pp wrapper)
* user can tweak and save the Makefile
* user can load an existing Makefile
* user can run the Makefile to create the executable
* user can run the executable
* user can configure an Inno Setup provided it is installed
* run the Inno Setup file to generate an installer for their program
* finally, they may test the installer directly from the GUI

The project is targeting the gap that exists for a user that is able to generate Perl code from wxGlade, but then is unsure how to actually distribute their application in the way Windows users expect.

For more information and updates on the project, visit the Github repo [https://github.com/The-Perl-Cottage-Guild/wxPerl-Helper here].