1. Modern Perl desktop apps
Árpád Szász
Freelance Perl Developer
Twitter: @arpadszasz
Blog: http://arpi.plenum.ro

2. Introduction

3. Introduction
● Tools for creating cross-platform desktop GUI
apps in Perl

4. Introduction
● Tools for creating cross-platform desktop GUI
apps in Perl
– wxPerl

5. Introduction
● Tools for creating cross-platform desktop GUI
apps in Perl
– wxPerl
– Citrus Perl

6. Introduction
● Tools for creating cross-platform desktop GUI
apps in Perl
– wxPerl
– Citrus Perl
– wxFormBuilder

7. Introduction
● Tools for creating cross-platform desktop GUI
apps in Perl
– wxPerl
– Citrus Perl
– wxFormBuilder
– Cava Packager

8. Introduction
● Tools for creating cross-platform desktop GUI
apps in Perl
– wxPerl
– Citrus Perl
– wxFormBuilder
– Cava Packager
● Example app: cpan-explorer

9. wxPerl

10. wxPerl
● wxPerl is a wrapper for wxWidgets C++ GUI
toolkit

11. wxPerl
● wxPerl is a wrapper for wxWidgets C++ GUI
toolkit
● Cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)

12. wxPerl
● wxPerl is a wrapper for wxWidgets C++ GUI
toolkit
● Cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
● Native look and feel

13. wxPerl
● wxPerl is a wrapper for wxWidgets C++ GUI
toolkit
● Cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
● Native look and feel
● Available on CPAN

14. wxPerl
● Wx::Demo on Windows

15. Citrus Perl

16. Citrus Perl
● Perl distribution created for GUI application
developers

17. Citrus Perl
● Perl distribution created for GUI application
developers
● Packages a lot of CPAN modules
(DBD::mysql, DBD::Pg, Tk, etc.)

18. Citrus Perl
● Perl distribution created for GUI application
developers
● Packages a lot of CPAN modules
(DBD::mysql, DBD::Pg, Tk, etc.)
● Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
from http://www.citrusperl.com

19. Citrus Perl
● Citrus Perl Utilities on Windows:

20. wxFormBuilder
● RAD tool for wxWidgets GUI design

21. wxFormBuilder
● RAD tool for wxWidgets GUI design
● Create layouts for the applications

22. wxFormBuilder
● RAD tool for wxWidgets GUI design
● Create layouts for the applications
– Convert *.fbp project files to Perl code using
FBP::Perl from CPAN

23. wxFormBuilder
● RAD tool for wxWidgets GUI design
● Create layouts for the applications
– Convert *.fbp project files to Perl code using
FBP::Perl from CPAN
– Export layout as XRC to be used with Wx::XRC

24. wxFormBuilder
● RAD tool for wxWidgets GUI design
● Create layouts for the applications
– Convert *.fbp project files to Perl code using
FBP::Perl from CPAN
– Export layout as XRC to be used with Wx::XRC
● Available from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxformbuilder

25. wxFormBuilder
● wxFormBuilder on Windows:

26. Cava Packager

27. Cava Packager
● Allows packaging Perl apps

28. Cava Packager
● Allows packaging Perl apps
● Create binaries and installers for Windows,
Mac OS X and Linux

29. Cava Packager
● Allows packaging Perl apps
● Create binaries and installers for Windows,
Mac OS X and Linux
● Available at http://www.cavapackager.com

30. Cava Packager
● Cava Packager on Windows:

31. cpan-explorer
● GUI front-end for CPAN utilities

32. cpan-explorer
● GUI front-end for CPAN utilities
– cpanm (installing modules)

33. cpan-explorer
● GUI front-end for CPAN utilities
– cpanm (installing modules)
– pm-uninstall (uninstalling modules)

34. cpan-explorer
● GUI front-end for CPAN utilities
– cpanm (installing modules)
– pm-uninstall (uninstalling modules)
– MetaCPAN API (search)

35. cpan-explorer
● GUI front-end for CPAN utilities
– cpanm (installing modules)
– pm-uninstall (uninstalling modules)
– MetaCPAN API (search)
– cpan-outdated (listing updates)

36. cpan-explorer
● GUI front-end for CPAN utilities
– cpanm (installing modules)
– pm-uninstall (uninstalling modules)
– MetaCPAN API (search)
– cpan-outdated (listing updates)
● Available on
https://github.com/arpadszasz/cpan-explorer

37. cpan-explorer
● CPAN Explorer on Linux:

38. Questions?

39. Thank You!
Talk and code available at
https://github.com/arpadszasz