PerlTidy

PerlTidy

Original author(s)	Steve Hancock
Initial release	2003
Stable release	20150815 / August 15, 2015
Development status	Active
Written in	Perl
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Type	Static code analysis
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://perltidy.sourceforge.net/

PerlTidy is a tool written in the Perl programming language to do static code analysis against code written in that same language. It uses either command-line switches or configuration files to reformat Perl scripts so they comply with specified coding rules. The default configuration is an approximation of the Perl Style Guide.^[1]

Aside from the command line, there are a number of tools for alternate interfaces for PerlTidy, including one for the Padre IDE,^[2] perltidy.el for Emacs.^[3] and an online version^[4]

Since its introduction, PerlTidy has become an oft-recommend tool for Perl programmers, noted in a number of key books. Notably, the work Perl Best Practices provides a set of PerlTidy configurations^[5] to match the syntax prescriptions in that book.

References

1. Perl Style Guide
2. Padre::Plugin::PerlTidy Plugin for Padre
3. PerlTidy for Emacs
4. perltidy.com
5. PerlTidy configurations from Perl Best Practices

External links

• Perl::Tidy on MetaCPAN

• Section "perltidy", Pages 112-114 of Foy, Brian D (July 2007). Mastering Perl (1 ed.). O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-52724-2.

• Page 35 of Conway, Damian (July 2005). Perl Best Practices (1 ed.). O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-00173-5.