PGXN Utils

By Dickson S. Guedes

Do you ever have problems with copy and paste? I often did, and that is why I create custom templates for often used files that match certain patterns.

With files from the structure of PostgreSQL’s extensions was the same thing.

I was tired of creating the files and edit the META, controlfile, READMEs, etc. every time I start a new extension and felt that I need something that made me more productive, so I decided to create an automatic generator and share it with the world.

I called it pgxn-utils, and you should give it a try: it is easy to install, easy to use and will help you to start hacking quickly!

How?

  1. First install it:

    gem install pgxn_utils

  2. Then start a new extension:

    pgxn_utils skeleton my_cool_extension

Thats all! It will create the initial skeleton for you and you can start coding! But, if you don’t want to install it, see it in action

Good hack!