$ ddt --license-name=LGPL new Foo::Bar # create Foo-Bar distribution
  $ cd Foo-Bar
  $ ddt build        # build the distribution and re-generate
                     # README.md & META6.json
  $ ddt -C test      # Run tests when files change

Ddt is an authoring and distribution development tool for Raku. It provides scaffolding for generating new distributions, packages, modules, grammers, classes and roles.

ddt [--license-name=«NAME»] new <module> -- Create new module
  ddt build                                -- Build the distribution and
                                              update README.md
  ddt [-C|--continues] test [<tests> …]    -- Run distribution tests
  ddt release                              -- Make release
  ddt hack <identity> [<dir>]              -- Checkout a Distribution and
                                              start hacking on it
  ddt generate class <name>                -- Generate a class
  ddt generate role <name>                 -- Generate a role
  ddt generate package <name>              -- Generate a package
  ddt generate grammar <name>              -- Generate a grammar
  ddt generate module <name>               -- Generate a module
  ddt generate test <name> [<description>] -- Generate stub test file
  ddt [-v] deps distri                     -- Show all the modules used
  ddt [-u|--update] deps                   -- Update META6.json dependencies
  ddt watch [<cmd>…]                       -- Watch lib/, bin/ & t/ for
                                              changes respecting .gitignore
                                              and execute given cmd

INSTALLATION

# with zef
  > zef install Ddt

Differences to Mi6

• Support for different licenses via License::Software

• META6 is generated using META6

• Meta test

• Use prove for tests

• Run tests on changes

• Extended .gitignore

• Support for different licenses

• Support for Distributions with a hyphen in the name

FAQ

• How can I manage depends, build-depends, test-depends?

Use ddt -u deps

• Where is the spec of META6.json?

The documentation site describes the current practices pretty well at https://docs.raku.org/language/modules#Distributing_modules. The original design document of META6.json is available at http://design.perl6.org/S22.html.

SEE ALSO

• https://github.com/skaji/mi6

• https://github.com/tokuhirom/Minilla

• https://github.com/rjbs/Dist-Zilla

AUTHOR

• Bahtiar `kalkin-` Gadimov <[email protected]>

• Shoichi Kaji <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

• Copyright © 2015 Shoichi Kaji

• Copyright © 2016-2017 Bahtiar `kalkin-` Gadimov

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.