Lessons learned publishing my first CPAN module

Lessons learned publishing my first CPAN module(engineering.crowdtilt.com)

49 points by knighthacker 12 years ago | 7 comments

tantalor 12 years ago |

Author forgot to mention that CPAN modules are automatically tested on various platforms and different Perl versions.

The test matrix, http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/W/WebService-NationBuilder...

The test itself, https://metacpan.org/source/AANARI/WebService-NationBuilder-...

aanari 12 years ago | |

That's a great point tantalor, thanks for sharing.

jitl 12 years ago |

While the CPAN process is quick and easy to publish modules and get code from the web, it still lacks an "uninstall" function. There are a number of ad-hoc tools that (attempt to) uninstall CPAN modules, but the package manager itself has only the install action [0].

Using the system package manager has worked much better for me.

[0]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2626449/how-can-i-de-inst...

aanari 12 years ago | |

Hello, author here,

I recommend App::pmuninstall for this task:

pm-uninstall [options] Module

https://metacpan.org/pod/pm-uninstall

jey 12 years ago |

People still use Perl?

netvarun 12 years ago | |

It's still alive and pretty vibrant. And of course, Perl is used extensively at my startup, Semantics3(yc w13) :)

knighthacker 12 years ago | | |

I am glad to hear that you are using Perl at Semantics3. I like what you guys are doing :)