1.4. Creating a new cube from scratch#
Letâs start by creating the cube environment in which we will develop
cd ~/myproject
# use cubicweb-ctl to generate a template for the cube
# will ask some questions, most with nice default
cubicweb-ctl newcube mycube
# makes the cube source code managed by mercurial
cd cubicweb-mycube
hg init
hg add .
hg ci
If all went well, you should see the cube you just created in the list
returned by cubicweb-ctl list
in the Available cubes section.
If not, please refer to ConfigurationEnv.
To reuse an existing cube, add it to the list named
__depends_cubes__
which is defined in __pkginfo__.py
.
This variable is used for the instance packaging (dependencies handled
by system utility tools such as APT) and to find used cubes when the
database for the instance is created.