NAME

Module::Start - The Simple/Flexible Way to Create New Modules

SYNOPSIS

From the command line:

    > # start a Catalyst plugin
    > module-start Catalyst::Model::Funky catalyst
    You don't appear to have module-start configured.
    Would you like to do that now? [Yn] y
    What is your full name? Jimmy James
    What is your email address? jj@example.com
    Can I configure module-start in /home/jj/.module-start? [Yn] y
    Creating /home/jj/.module-start
    Changing to directory /home/jj/.module-start
    Creating ./config
    Installing Default Flavor
    Creating ./templates/basic
    *Error* No flavor 'catalyst' found in /home/jj/.module-start/templates/
    Please install or create a 'catalyst' flavor and try again
    Exiting...
    > cpan Module::Start::Flavor::Catalyst
    ... (cpan installs Module::Start::Flavor::Catalyst) ...
    > module-start -install Module::Start::Flavor::Catalyst
    Installing Flavor 'catalyst'
    Changing to directory /home/jj/.module-start
    Creating ./templates/catalyst
    Module::Start::Flavor::Catalyst successfully installed
    > module-start Catalyst::Model::Funky catalyst
    Creating module distribution Catalyst-Model-Funky
    Changing to directory Catalyst-Model-Funky
    Using 'catalyst' flavor templates
    Creating Makefile.PL
    Creating Changes
    Creating lib/Catalyst/Model/Funky.pm
    Creating t/00_load.t
    Creating README
    Creating MANIFEST
    Catalyst-Model-Funky successfully started

later...

    > cd Catalyst-Model-Funky
    > module-start Catalyst::Model::Funky::Boss catalyst
    Using 'catalyst' flavor templates
    Creating lib/Catalyst/Model/Funkier.pm

DESCRIPTION

If you are like me, when you think of a new idea, you want to get started asap. If you are even more like me, your projects come in all sorts of flavors. In other words, different types of projects need different types of starting files. Within Perl, you have pure perl modules, XS modules, Inline modules, Kwiki modules, Catalyst modules, Jifty modules, Plagger modules, and on and on. You also might have JSAN modules, Ruby modules, Python modules and PHP modules to write.

Module::Start creates a new module distribution (or any other imaginable set of project files) in a simple straightforward way. All the boilerplate files come from a set of templates.

CONFIGURATION

All the configuration info is either stored in ~/.module-start/config, inferred from your environment, or prompted for.

module-start will automatically configure itself the first time you run it. If you want to reconfigure it later, run:

    module-start -setup

You are encouraged to edit the contents of the module-start base directory. To change basic configure information, edit the config file. To change or edit template flavors, edit the content of the template directory. Each subdirectory defines a new flavor. You can set the default flavor in the config file.

AUTHOR

Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006. Ingy döt Net. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See [http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html]

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