I've been trying my hand at making a simple perl module.

Now, so far I write this on the top of the file where I want to use the module to test it out: 

use lib("path_to_my_module/lib");

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Everything works ok till I try to run the default tests (generated by module starter). I get: 

#   Failed test 'use Dancer::Plugin::Foo;'
#   at t/00-load.t line 12.
#     Tried to use 'Dancer::Plugin::Foo'.
#     Error:  Can't locate Dancer/Plugin/Foo.pm
It fails this test: 
BEGIN {
    use_ok( 'Dancer::Plugin::Foo' ) || print "Bail out!\n";
}

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Thats all because the path is not right. But, even if I use use lib(path to_module) it doesn't work.

How do you guys usually use and test your modules locally before publishing them? How should I get the test to pass? I can't just add a use lib there!

In reply to how do you build and test your modules locally before publishing by gideondsouza

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