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            Perl Training Australia -
            Starting a module with Module::Starter
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        <h1> Starting a module with Module::Starter </h1>

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        Starting a new module can be a lot of work.  A good module
        should have a build system, documentation, a test suite, and
        numerous other bits and pieces to assist in its easy packaging
        and development.  These are useful even if we never release our
        module to CPAN.
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        Setting this up can be a lot of work, especially if you've
        never done it before.  While the <code>h2xs</code> tool that
        comes with Perl will do some of this for you, it's showing its
        age, and doesn't allow us to take advantage of recent tools.
        We want to spend our time writing code, not trying to decode
        our build system.
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        That's where <code>Module::Starter</code> comes in handy.
        It provides a simple, command-line tool to create a skeleton
        module quickly and easily.
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        <h2>Using module-starter</h2>
        <p>
        Before we can build our module, we need to
        install <code>Module::Starter</code> from the CPAN.
        <code>Module::Starter</code> allows us to choose from a variety of
        build frameworks, from the aging <code>ExtUtils::MakeMaker</code>
        to <code>Module::Install</code> and <code>Module::Build</code>.
        While <code>ExtUtils::MakeMaker</code> comes standard with Perl,
        you may need to install the other build frameworks.  At Perl
        Training Australia we generally use <code>Module::Install</code>.
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        Creating a module with <code>Module::Starter</code> couldn't be easier.  On



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