I've been wrangling with the lack of documentation on how to start a module that one would expect CPAN inclusion at some point. Not that the docs aren't there, but there's nothing coherent to them and are spread throughout time and space, at least in the standard perl documentation space (including info from CPAN and PAUSE). While learning by example (other CPAN modules) works, it's not always intuitive. So I am considering at least putting a tutorial or a howto together on how to go about doing this, partially for myself, and partially for the community as a whole.
Note that if you have a better reference already, please let me know, I'd rather not reinvent the wheel.

The steps, as I see it (and will be trying in the very near future) appear to go along these lines:

Obviously, this doesn't cover a large number of possible situations, but from what I can tell from the docs, this is sufficiently adequete for perl-only modules. Am I missing any key steps, paying too little or too much attention to certain steps, or just am thinking completely wrong about this?

Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain

In reply to Starting the development of a module : thoughts by Masem

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