Perl Modules

locked_user mr_leisure has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Howdy folks - I have been asked to create a Perl Module based on a program i recently wrote at work. I have looked around the site for hints, but alas to no avail. So - what i need to know is some good resources for writing your very first Perl Module, or possibly something on converting to a Perl Module? As always, any response is greatly appreciated. Cheers, ML p.s. I was going to ask this in chatterbox, but my site search showed there were no questions on this, so here it is...


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Re: Perl Modules by davorg (Chancellor) on Jan 03, 2001 at 16:18 UTC
There's some good advice on this in the perlmod man page and I think there's a chapter on it in "Effective Perl Programming". -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Perl makes the fun jobs fun and the boring jobs bearable" - me	[reply]
Re: Perl Modules by clemburg (Curate) on Jan 03, 2001 at 17:28 UTC
Read Effective Perl Programming, pages 177 to 195, chapter "Writing Packages and Modules". Christian Lemburg Brainbench MVP for Perl http://www.brainbench.com	[reply]
Re: Perl Modules by Malkavian (Friar) on Jan 03, 2001 at 19:26 UTC
There's a section in CPAN on the subject of building modules. Perhaps you'd find that helpful.. Malk	[reply]
Re: Perl Modules by OeufMayo (Curate) on Jan 03, 2001 at 16:22 UTC
RTFM Update : Mmmh, allright, here's a link about Perl Module Mechanics - it explains everything from creating a new module with h2xs to documenting it with POD. <kbd>-- PerlMonger::Paris(http => 'paris.pm.org');</kbd>	[reply]
Re: Perl Modules by knight (Friar) on Jan 03, 2001 at 17:25 UTC
The Perl Cookbook has a very helpful module section.	[reply]
Re: Perl Modules by damian1301 (Curate) on Jan 04, 2001 at 04:22 UTC
There is also a good section in Programming Perl 3rd Edition on it. It tells you all you need to know about installing, writing, and storing your modules (on CPAN)and I think Damian Conway has a book on it too. Other than that, a nice search around this site and on http://google.com always provide more than enough information for me, so best of luck to ya! Wanna be perl hacker. Dave AKA damian	[reply]