After creating a couple modules in Drupal I noticed that I was using a lot of the same code and began copying certain functions from each module. Before I could use the function I would have to walk through and change all the names and little details to make the module work. Doing this twice was two time too many and I decided to write something that would take in the information required to generate a bare bones module and then create it for me.

I saw a few benefits to creating something like this. First, it provides new users with the ability to get their feet wet in regards to Drupal programming. The framework of the module is prebuilt and commented so that users really only need to add their core functioning code to the module to make it truly custom. The generated code acts as an aid for new Drupal developers as they can see what each function does and why it is present. Second, experience Drupal developers more than likely have some templates prebuilt for modules, but this web application is convient and take less than a minute to fill out. Once completed the developer has a fully functioning module that requires no changes to have running.

I have created the sub-domain (http://modgen.dueyesterday.net) where the application is running live. It is in early stages and does not do anything too fancy, but if you are interested in creating a new Drupal module then its a great thing to use. I would love to hear any feedback on the application and whether or not anyone would consider it beneficial to actually write a module for Drupal that then generates skeleton modules directly in Drupal's site directory (essentially having this web application directly available within Drupal).

Attached is the whole application if you would like to run it locally. If not then please feel free to use the one I am hosting. After completing the form, a zip file will be created containing the module folder, the info file and module file.