project subfolders and submodules

[xarvox]

Hello everybody!

Im trying to split my project into several subcomponents, so i can debug and update each component separately.

Now, the file structure looks something like this:

MainProject/
MainProject.ino
Module1/
Module1.h
Module1.cpp
Module1.ino

the Module1.ino is the test-enviroment specific to Module1 and should not be included in the MainProject.ino

The MainProject.ino contains:
#include "Module1/Module1.h"

The Module1.ino contains
#include "Module1.h"

and the Module1.cpp contains
#include "Module1.h"

Now, the Module1 compiles with no errors, but the MainProject.ino will not compile, blaming "undefined reference Module1::method()

Is this supposed to work?
Am i doing something wrong?

Is there another way to keep my modules separate, but included in my MainProject folder?

I understand that i should be able to do this using a standard library, moving th Module1/ to /Libraries/Module1

but am i allowed to have a .ino file inside the library folder?
..I really want to have a submodule test enviroment where i can test out the isolated submodule..

[Robin2]

My biggest complaint with the Arduino IDE is that it does not work with relative references to folders. It does work if you give the full path name in #include but that is very inconvenient if you wish to make another copy of a whole project before making changes.

Also, I don't like the IDE's program editor and I use Geany for all my programming.

For myself I solved the problem of relative references to folders by writing this Python Compile and Upload program that uses the Arduino command-line to do the compiling and uploading. The Python program converts relative references to full path names before submitting the program to the Arduino command-line. I have things arranged so the Python program is called from a menu within Geany but it can also be used without Geany.

...R