an intro like mine would have really helped me make a clear distinction between what a module was and what a distribution was. These concepts were muddy for me.

I guess from the phrasing here that you are nysus in disguise. Did you read How to make a CPAN Module Distribution in the Creating and Distributing Modules tutorials section? That makes the distinction pretty clear to me.

Dist::Zilla is sorely lacking an entry-level tutorial or user guide. That's not to say that I would recommend its use for a first-time CPAN author - quite the opposite. It is the most arcane of all the module management systems and is aimed at (and IMHO only really useful for) the most prolific authors.

You can write an intro to CPAN, modules and dists if you wish but there are plenty around already. It would save you time and effort just to refer to those and instead build on them by focusing on the nuts and bolts of Dist::Zilla and how it compares/contrasts with other options.

In reply to Re^3: Dist::Zilla Tutorial for beginners by hippo
in thread Dist::Zilla Tutorial for beginners by nysus

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