Perl Development Environment on Windows

The Perl runtime environment on a Debian 5.0 Virtual Machine worked out wonderfully.  It allows the (almost) same development environment to be run on a VM executing on a Win XP/Vista system (the host).  The Host and the VM operate in a virtual LAN.  So the VM can function as a server, while the host can be used

1. As a development machine where code is written
2. Test (web)-client

Just bear in mind that the VM is the server for all practical purposes, and you can access it in any manner you'd access a LAN or Internet based server.

In my setup I use Ultra-Edit SSH-enabled IDE for Windows, which lets me connect to the Debian VM with over an SSH connection.

Downloads

• Debian 5.0 Lenny Virtual Machine (150MB image, read readme.txt files)
• VMWare Player (a program that runs on the Win-Vista host and loads/plays the Debian VM image)