Lesser known perks of using composer

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   Lesser known perks of
   using composer
   Drupal Europe 2018
   

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   Drupal + Technology
   TRACK SUPPORTED BY
   

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   Special Thanks to..
   

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   Mohit Aghera
   Drupal developer @Axelerant
   Drupal.org: mohit_aghera
   Twitter: @mohit_rocks
   

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   Quick Introduction
   ● Why do we need it?
   ● How do we use it?
   

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   Drupal Composer initiative
   Follow updates here: https://www.drupal.org/project/ideas/issues/2958021
   

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   Composer scripts
   ● Define script in composer.json and run
   ● Helps to automate tasks
   ● Supports various events.
   

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   Composer Scripts
   

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    Composer Plugins
    ● Helps to overcome limitation of composer scripts
    ● Run independently - irrespective of root package
    ● Helps in creating distributable package
    

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    Composer
    Plugins
    {
    "name": "my/plugin-package",
    "type": "composer-plugin",
    "require": {
    "composer-plugin-api": "^1.1"
    },
    "extra": {
    "class": "My\\Plugin"
    }
    }
    ● “type” : “composer-plugin”
    ● “extra” : Contains class name
    ● Add special package called
    “composer-plugin-api”
    

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    Composer
    Plugins
    drupal-
    composer/drupal
    -scaffold
    

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    Composer Plugins
    

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    Patching
    ● Requirement to update core of system
    ● Bugs that are not merged
    

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    Patching
    

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    Keeping data up to date
    ● Pull and process remote data automatically
    ● Implement Composer Plugins
    

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    Keeping data up to date
    Benefits:
    ● No need to have separate sync code
    ● Helps to solve problems in continuous integration as data will already be there
    Limitations:
    ● It is meant for retrieving and storing data - no live sync.
    

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    Commit Hooks
    

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    Commit Hooks
    ● GIT hooks helps to enforce code quality
    ● Ensure commit messages are proper
    ● Coding standards validation
    ● Sharing GIT hooks with composer has more advantages
    

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    Commit Hooks
    There are several libraries that supports this type of implementations:
    ● https://github.com/sebastianfeldmann/captainhook
    ● https://github.com/bruli/php-git-hooks
    ● https://github.com/php-composter/php-composter
    ● https://github.com/BrainMaestro/composer-git-hooks
    

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    Automatting project structure
    ● Composer helps to generate essential files and other code
    ● Use case : drupal-composer/drupal-project
    

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    Automatting project structure
    

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    Example from
    “ScriptHandler.php”
    

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    Thank you..
    

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    Become a Drupal contributor,
    Friday from 9 AM
    ● First timers workshop
    ● Mentored contribution
    ● General contribution
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