On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 08:30:33AM -0700, Michael Snoyman wrote: > I wanted to start working on a module (mainly to learn Perl 6, I doubt > anyone would ever want to use it). I want to do this "properly," whatever > that means. I was wondering if someone could explain to me: > > 1) How to construct the Makefile.pl > 2) How exactly to set up and run tests
I wouldn't worry about Makefile.PL that much if my module wasn't meant to be widely distributed. In practice, we don't even have ready build tools (like a Perl port of EU::MM / M::B / M::AI). If it does matter to you, though, look at how modules in ext/ in the Pugs source tree do it. As for tests, that's much more important :-) What you can benefit from writing depends on what your module does. If you want primarily functional tests the Pugs distro is again a very good example. Do use our Test.pm (if you plan to use Pugs for development). It's very much in the spirit of the Perl 5 testing tools, but it's in fact arguably easier to use because all the goodies are in one place. > I realize that there are lots of modules to look at in the Pugs > distribution, but as far as I can tell they are meant to be built from > within the Pugs source tree, and since my code clearly won't be living there > I'd rather not write it there either. Then at least read there. Good luck :-) -- Gaal Yahas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://gaal.livejournal.com/
