NAME

cgiapp-starter - creates a skeleton CGI::Application project

SYNOPSIS

 cgiapp-starter --module=MyApp --author="Andy Lester" --email=andy@petdance.com

Result:

    Foo/lib/Foo.pm
    Foo/lib/Foo/templates/runmode1.html
    Foo/t/pod-coverage.t
    Foo/t/pod.t
    Foo/t/test-app.t
    Foo/t/01-load.t
    Foo/t/perl-critic.t
    Foo/t/boilerplate.t
    Foo/t/00-signature.t
    Foo/t/perlcriticrc
    Foo/Makefile.PL
    Foo/Changes
    Foo/README
    Foo/MANIFEST.SKIP
    Foo/MANIFEST

Options:

    --module=module  Module name 
    --dir=dirname    Directory name to create new module in (optional)

    --builder=module Build with 'ExtUtils::MakeMaker' or 'Module::Build'
    --eumm           Same as --builder=ExtUtils::MakeMaker
    --mb             Same as --builder=Module::Build
    --mi             Same as --builder=Module::Install

    --author=name    Author's name (required)
    --email=email    Author's email (required)
    --license=type   License under which the module will be distributed
                     (default is the same license as perl)

    --verbose        Print progress messages while working
    --force          Delete pre-existing files if needed

    --help           Show this message

DESCRIPTION

Set up the skeleton of a CGI::Application-based project, including a module, some templates and some automated tests.

By default the skeleton files will come within the templates/ directory where Module::Starter::Plugin::CGIApp is stored.

Multiple --builder options may be supplied to produce the files for multiple builders.

CONFIGURATION

You may set new defaults in a config file:

 author: Mark Stosberg
 email: mark@summersault.com
 template_dir: ~/.module-starter/cgiapp/templates

cgiapp-starter will look for a configuration file before reading its command line parameters. The default location is $HOME/.module-starter/config but if the MODULE_STARTER_DIR environment variable is set, cgiapp-starter will look for config in that directory.

The configuration file is just a list of names and values, separated by colons. Values that take lists are just space separated. A sample configuration file might read:

 author: Ricardo SIGNES
 email:  rjbs@cpan.org
 plugins: Module::Starter::Simple Module::Starter::Plugin::XYZ
 xyz_option: red green blue

This format may become more elaborate in the future, but a file of this type should remain valid.