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Is there a good tool to debug Perl-based web applications?

Answer 1

+2 A:

The Komodo IDE supports remote debugging for just this sort of thing.

Brian Agnew 2009-07-29 10:53:27

Answer 2

+8 A:

Yup, I've got the perfect tool for you.

CGI::Inspect lets you inspect and debug a running Perl web application.

Read more about the module on the developer's website.

Or check out the slides from a presentation about it at YAPC 2009.

Anirvan 2009-07-29 11:07:25

CGI::Inspect is awesome. It drops you into a REPL (read, eval, print, loop) where you can examine the current state of the app, modify the state, and they start it running again.

Chas. Owens 2009-07-29 14:56:22

Seems this is helpful, thanks for your answer.

piotr 2009-07-30 12:43:42

Answer 3

+2 A:

The EPIC plugin for Eclipse will also let you do this.

innaM 2009-07-29 13:39:10

Answer 4

+1 A:

In CGI, you can

use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

It will display any fatal message in your browser.

With Mason, leave the default error option, which outputs the call stack in your browser.

jeje 2009-07-29 14:50:23

Not so powerful

piotr 2009-07-30 12:42:56

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