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💅 Mojolicious::Command::Author::generate — Generator Command 🎀

ok so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation bestie, and it's all about Mojolicious::Command::Author::generate — the generator command. yes it's a mouthful, we're gonna get through it together ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

Mojolicious::Command::Author::generate — the generator command, periodt 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Usage: APPLICATION generate GENERATOR [OPTIONS]

  mojo generate app
  mojo generate lite-app

like, that's literally it. APPLICATION generate GENERATOR [OPTIONS] and you're off 🚀 (and yes, mojo generate app and mojo generate lite-app are the iconic little examples up there — memorize them, they're giving starter pack 💅)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Mojolicious::Command::Author::generate lists the available generators. that's its whole job, and it ate 💅

ok so important detail: this is a core command — which means it's always enabled, no cap. and the code itself? lowkey a great example if you wanna learn how to build your own commands. you're literally welcome to fork it, bestie 🫶

and if you wanna see the list of commands that are available by default, go look at "COMMANDS" in Mojolicious::Commands` — iykyk.

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💖 ATTRIBUTES 💖

Mojolicious::Command::Author::generate inherits all the attributes from Mojolicious::Commands, and then implements these new ones down here 👇 obsessed.

🎀 description

my $description = $generator->description;
$generator      = $generator->description('Foo');

short description of this command — it's what shows up in the command list ✨

🎀 hint

my $hint   = $generator->hint;
$generator = $generator->hint('Foo');

short hint that gets shown after listing the available generator commands 🌈

🎀 message

my $msg    = $generator->message;
$generator = $generator->message('Bar');

short usage message shown before listing the available generator commands 💬

🎀 namespaces

my $namespaces = $generator->namespaces;
$generator     = $generator->namespaces(['MyApp::Command::generate']);

the namespaces to search for available generator commands. defaults to Mojolicious::Command::Author::generate — that's the default, don't forget it ⭐

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🔥 METHODS 🔥

Mojolicious::Command::Author::generate inherits all the methods from Mojolicious::Commands and implements this one new method, main character energy 👑

💜 help

$generator->help('app');

prints usage information for a generator command. that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• Mojolicious
• Mojolicious::Guides
• <https://mojolicious.org>

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ngl bestie, that's the whole page — every attribute, every method, every default, nothing skipped 💀

ok bye ily, go generate something cute 🦋

— signed off with 💖 from perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-07-15, and yes the footer still says Mojolic...enerate(3) because we keep it real ✨