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Rather than considering a GUI, you could develop a Perl web app that runs locally on your PC. Start by installing Apache.

CGI::Application describes itself as "a mature, lightweight, flexible MVC framework for web application development". In pratice This tutorial gets you started in about 30-40 lines of code.

The graphs could be done server side (eg using CGI::Application::GDGraph::lines_ap). Alternatively you could do it client side. Just google for one of the many freely available javascript scripts.

Update: fixed GD Graph reference.

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Re^2: More Perl or More Java for Our Prototyping?
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 18, 2007 at 08:09 UTC

    Why install Apache when there is HTTP::Server::Simple? Apache has many features that are not needed for a single-user webserver.

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Re^2: More Perl or More Java for Our Prototyping?
by PerlSearcher (Novice) on Jul 18, 2007 at 18:16 UTC
    Thanks for all the suggestions.
     
    Here is the Perl solution for my light weighted standalone web application (based on the input so far):

    §         Using IIS, or install Apache, or HTTP::Server::Simple

    §         Developing a Perl web app that runs locally on my PC using CGI::Application, which is "a mature, lightweight, flexible MVC framework for web application development". Tutorial here.

    §         Drawing graphs on server side using CGI::Application::GDGraph::lines_ap and GD::Graph

    §         Oracle database access using DBD-ORACLE


    Thanks
    PerlSearcher
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