Perl 6
How to Start a Perl 6 module project: Revision 6
If you would like to start or work on Perl 6 module project, it's fairly easy to do. It is common practise to store the source code on github, but of course you can chose your own version control system, or even use the pugs repository.
^^ Preparations
Compile Rakudo, install it, and make sure the perl6 binary is in your PATH environment variable
You can get depdendent modules from <http://modules.perl6.org/>.
It is highly recommened to install `ufo` from http://github.com/masak/ufo/ and put the 'ufo' executable file into PATH too
^^ Directory Layout
Like in Perl 5 modules, the actual modules are typically stored in `lib/`, with `.pm6` or `.pm` extension. Tests are usually in `t/somewhere.t`.
For development it is often convenient to include lib/ in the module loading path: `export PERL6LIB=lib/`.
^^ Building and running tests
Since most modules consists of .pm or .mp6 files that can be pre-compiled to PIR in a pretty simple way, it is possible to auto-generate the `Makefile` for you by running the `ufo` command.
$ ufo
$ make # precompiles
$ make test # runs all t/*.t files, precompiles if necessary
$ make install # installs into ~/.perl6/lib/
^^ Preparations
Compile Rakudo, install it, and make sure the perl6 binary is in your PATH environment variable
You can get depdendent modules from <http://modules.perl6.org/>.
It is highly recommened to install `ufo` from http://github.com/masak/ufo/ and put the 'ufo' executable file into PATH too
^^ Directory Layout
Like in Perl 5 modules, the actual modules are typically stored in `lib/`, with `.pm6` or `.pm` extension. Tests are usually in `t/somewhere.t`.
For development it is often convenient to include lib/ in the module loading path: `export PERL6LIB=lib/`.
^^ Building and running tests
Since most modules consists of .pm or .mp6 files that can be pre-compiled to PIR in a pretty simple way, it is possible to auto-generate the `Makefile` for you by running the `ufo` command.
$ ufo
$ make # precompiles
$ make test # runs all t/*.t files, precompiles if necessary
$ make install # installs into ~/.perl6/lib/
