Creating a New Package

This is a summary of the instructions in the Julia Pkg manual.

1. Create a new repository on GitHub: Follow the Julia package naming conventions. All julia package repos should have ".jl" at the end. Do NOT initialize the repo with a README or license at this point.

   

2. After creating the repo you should see a screen that looks like the one below. Copy the repo URL.

   

3. In your terminal on your computer, launch Julia. Generate the package files using the package manager:

    ] generate JuliaTemplateRepo

   This will generate the Project.toml and a src/JuliaTemplateRepo.jl files.

4. Create a README.md. Use whatever editor you prefer.

5. Create a git repo, add the remote, and push changes. These instructions are also found in the previous image.

    cd JuliaTemplateRepo
    git init
    git add -A
    git commit -m "first commit"
    git remote add origin https://github.com/bjack205/JuliaTemplateRepo.jl.git
    git push -u origin master

6. (optional) Delete local files and add to Julia dev folder

    cd ..
    rm -rf JuliaTemplateRepo

   Run Julia from your terminal and dev the package:

    ] dev https://github.com/bjack205/JuliaTemplateRepo.jl.git

   Alternatively, you can link to your local repository if you didn't delete it:

    ] dev /path/to/local/repo/JuliaTemplateRepo