--- title: "Magento 2: Module Code Generation with Pestle" description: The Pestle is a new PHP (5.6+) framework for creating and organizing PHP programs into Python like libraries of functions. 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Currently, Pestle has commands for generating a new module, a new route, a new view/block/layout for that route and many more. **Installing on Linux** System requirements - PHP 5.6+ Download the latest build using following curl - `$ curl -LO http://pestle.pulsestorm.net/pestle.phar` - After download give it an exccute permission `$ sudo chmod +x pestle.phar` - Now move it to /usr/local/bin/ `$ sudo mv pestle.phar /usr/local/bin/pestle.phar` - Now use command `$ pestle.phar version`. You will able to see the current installed version of Pestle. `pestle Ver 1.4.3` After successful installation, you can go on generating a new module using command line. **Creating a Basic Module** If you’ve worked on a custom module, you know creating a basic Magento module is straightforward, but it involves many different files. Pestle can handle that boring and repetitive work of creating those files for you. The first step of a custom module is to create module.xml and registration.php file. To create these file run the following command. `$ pestle.phar generate_module` ![pestle-1](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pestle-1.png?width=631&name=pestle-1.png) Then enable it using the following command `$ php bin/magento module:enable Ezest_HelloWorld` `$ php bin/magento setup:upgrade` **Adding the Route & Index Action** The next step of creating a Magento module is adding a route. `$ pestle.phar generate_route` ![pestle-2](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pestle-2.png?width=631&name=pestle-2.png) **Adding a Frontend View Files** Now we need to add Magento’s default view files, like XML file, phtml template, and default block/view class. `$ pestle.phar generate_view` ![pestle-3](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pestle-3.png?width=600&name=pestle-3.png) After running the above command, clear your cache and reload the page. You should see your view’s content. **Simple Yet Powerful Commands** It is possible to specify any input as a command argument. What this means is that you could recreate the above module with just three simple commands. `$ pestle.phar generate_module Ezest HelloWorld 0.0.1` `$ pestle.phar generate_route Ezest_HelloWorld frontend hello_world` `$ pestle.phar generate_view Ezest_HelloWorld frontend hello_world_index_index Main content.phtml` These above commands will automatically create the required files and folder structure, as shown in below image. ![pestle-4](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pestle-4.png?width=345&name=pestle-4.png) Hope this helps you to reduce the manual work of creating files of your custom module using Pestle. - - - ### Similar Blog [![How to setup Docker Container for Magento 2](https://blog.e-zest.com/hubfs/How%20to%20setup%20Docker%20Container%20for%20Magento%202.jpg) How to setup Docker Container for Magento 2 Docker is an application that allows us to manage multiple applications in the simplest way in the docker container. Docker ... 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