I've followed the various tutorials, and have followed the instructions on Module::Starter, but can't make a working module. I'm pretty new to Perl and I'm not a real programmer. Basically, I'm making a Bioperl module. It's supposed to be in the package Bio::DB::CCDS. It has a few global variables and doesn't use a "$self" variable. Does it need to? I'm trying to use a few global variables instead. The Bio directory and DB directory already exist. I'm using Exporter like this: 

use Exporter;
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT);
$VERSION     = 1.00;
@ISA         = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT      = qw(new Get_CCDS_IDs Get_gene gene_coordinates Get_exons
+ Write_ccds Get_strand Gene_id Gene_count);

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Should @EXPORT use qw? Should each function named in it have a & sign before it? How do I create a working module and put it in the correct directory? How would I have to modify the Makefile? I'm using ubuntu. Thank you for your help.

In reply to I really need help making a module. by adur

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