Lesser known perks of using composer

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1. 1 axelerant.com www.drupaleurope.org
2. 2 axelerant.com Lesser known perks of using composer Drupal Europe 2018
3. 3 axelerant.com Drupal + Technology TRACK SUPPORTED BY
4. 4 axelerant.com Special Thanks to..
5. 5 axelerant.com Mohit Aghera Drupal developer @Axelerant Drupal.org: mohit_aghera Twitter: @mohit_rocks
6. 6 axelerant.com Quick Introduction • Why do we need it? • How do we use it?
7. 7 axelerant.com Drupal Composer initiative Follow updates here: https://www.drupal.org/project/ideas/issues/2958021
8. 8 axelerant.com Composer scripts • Define script in composer.json and run • Helps to automate tasks • Supports various events.
9. 9 axelerant.com Composer Scripts
10. 10 axelerant.com Composer Plugins • Helps to overcome limitation of composer scripts • Run independently - irrespective of root package • Helps in creating distributable package
11. 11 axelerant.com 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”
12. 12 axelerant.com Composer Plugins drupal- composer/drupal -scaffold
13. 13 axelerant.com Composer Plugins
14. 14 axelerant.com Patching • Requirement to update core of system • Bugs that are not merged
15. 15 axelerant.com Patching
16. 16 axelerant.com Keeping data up to date • Pull and process remote data automatically • Implement Composer Plugins
17. 17 axelerant.com 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.
18. 18 axelerant.com Commit Hooks
19. 19 axelerant.com 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
20. 20 axelerant.com 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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22. 22 axelerant.com Automatting project structure • Composer helps to generate essential files and other code • Use case : drupal-composer/drupal-project
23. 23 axelerant.com Automatting project structure
24. 24 axelerant.com Example from “ScriptHandler.php”
25. 25 axelerant.com Thank you..
26. 26 axelerant.com Become a Drupal contributor, Friday from 9 AM • First timers workshop • Mentored contribution • General contribution 26