Yet Another Perl Module Starter...
Do we need another Perl module creater? Probably not. But, here you go.
App::Module::Template is the guts to module-template, a command line utility to create a Perl project directory based off a template directory you define. module-template will initialize the directory for you the first time you run the program. The rest is up to you.
The idea is to keep it simple and get out of your way. Any file you create in your template directory will get created in your project directory when you run module-template. You cannot run module-template more than once on a directory. If the file is a Template Toolkit template, it will be processed. Any other file is simply copied. If you create a directory in your template directory, it will appear in your project directory.
When you run module-template, it looks for your template directory and config file in $HOME/.module-template. You can override these locations with command line options. Any values set in your config file will appear in your templates. You are free to add/remove/rename the variables as you like. This puts your Perl projects completely under your control. Use as much or as little as you like. Define what makes sense for your environment.
Normal usage
module-template My::Module
Prompts you for a module name if you don't provide one
module-template
module-template - Enter module name>
module-template - Enter module name> My::Module
Doesn't work because my::module is not a valid perl module name
module-template my::module
Edit $HOME/.module-template/config.
This configuration file is read with Config::General. It is basically key/value pairs. There is a template_toolkit block used to configure Template Toolkit.
A Sample Config
author = Default Author
email = author@example.com
support_email = support@example.com
min_perl_version = 5.016
eumm_version = 6.63
license_type = Artistic_2_0
<template_toolkit>
PRE_CHOMP = 0
POST_CHOMP = 0
ENCODING = utf8
ABSOLUTE = 1
RELATIVE = 1
</template_toolkit>
To install this module, run the following commands:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
Perl 5.16 or greater.
Template Toolkit
Copyright (C) 2014, Trevor S. Cornpropst