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Code Dependencies
& Composer
Tom J Nowell, WC Sheffield
@tarendai tomjn.com
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I’m Tom
I work for Code For The People
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This talk is about
managing code
frameworks, shared code, dependencies,
things don’t have to be painful
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Theme/Plugin Frameworks
are born fully formed
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Things have to be wedged into
frameworks
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We want themes and plugins to be
fast and light
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Consolidate and Grab Only What
You Need
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Modularise Things
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These are our dependencies
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Frameworks include everything from
the get go
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We need something like ordering off
a menu
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Enter Composer
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Composer describes a package, and
what it needs to run
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{
“name”: “icit/wp-less”,
“require”: {
"php": ">=5.2.4",
"leafo/lessphp": "0.4.0"
}
}
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Installing Composer
https://getcomposer.org/download/
( Already installed with vvv )
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To install dependencies
> composer install
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To update dependencies
> composer update
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Dependencies get put in a vendor/
folder
An autoloader is provided so there are no
require/includes
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Packagist
The PHP world has a headstart on us
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For packages not on Packagist
{
"repositories": [
{
"type": "git",
"url": "https://github.com/leafo/lessphp.git"
}
],
...etc...
}
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Questions?
Tom J Nowell
tomjn.com
@tarendai