So you created a module that you want to put on drupal.org. But just before you release it, you realise it could do with a few default views.

You may think you can use Features for this, but Views allows you to ship default views by creating a module.views_default.inc and implementing hook_views_default_views.

Now, Ctools can be used to generate the required export code that needs to be placed in hook_views_default_views. We'll use a sub-module in Ctools called "Bulk Export" to generate the code.

It's important to understand that there is a difference between "Bulk Export" and Features. The difference is that you can only export CTools' configuration objects using "Bulk Export". Whereas, Features offers full API for integrating any module with it.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to export default views using "Bulk Export".