Category:Perl Lazarus Project

The Perl Lazarus Project is an effort arising from Perl Guilds to make practical Windows GUI development, packaging, and distribution available to Perl programmers through a clear and repeatable workflow.

The project joins existing tools rather than attempting to replace them with a single monolithic development environment. Its principal stack includes:

• Strawberry Perl;
• wxWidgets and wxPerl;
• wxGlade;
• MSYS2, vim, and Git;
• PAR-based executable packaging;
• DLL-discovery tools;
• and Inno Setup.

The goal is to help a Perl programmer begin with existing Perl knowledge and end with a Windows application which an ordinary user can install, launch, and use without first reproducing the developer's environment.

Primary technical guide: Developing and Distributing wxPerl Applications on Windows

Essay series: Essays about The Virtuous Perl Programmer

Historical background: Perl and wxWidgets RAD on Windows