I have read lots recently, and read about lots of smart ways to create and manage modules, but i have never read the answer to a basic and primordial (to me) question :

Concretely, how to develop a module in a "handy" way ?

Until now i had all my files together in a directory, and they called each other with "lib". When i modified a file it was immediately taken into account by the others : it was easy.

Since i have started to try and develop a project with several modules, (created with Module::Starter::PBP for a first go), i don't need to use "lib" anymore, as i install my modules with "dmake install" and they go into my Perl directory.

But, it got more complicated and irritating for me to develop:
Each time i change a little thing in one of my modules, i have to type "dmake install" in the corresponding directory (thus having a terminal opened for each directory), so that the other modules will know about this change. It is very annoying.

What am i doing wrong ?

How do you develop your modules ?

Until you release your module "to others", do you keep on using "lib" so that your modules will know about each other?

I am discombobulated. Thank you for any piece of help :o)

In reply to Developing a module, how do you do it ? by mascip

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