Code Dependencies and Composer

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1. Code Dependencies
   & Composer
   Tom J Nowell, WC Sheffield
   @tarendai tomjn.com
   

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2. I’m Tom
   I work for Code For The People
   

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3. This talk is about
   managing code
   frameworks, shared code, dependencies,
   things don’t have to be painful
   

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4. Theme/Plugin Frameworks
   are born fully formed
   

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5. Things have to be wedged into
   frameworks
   

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6. We want themes and plugins to be
   fast and light
   

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7. Consolidate and Grab Only What
   You Need
   

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8. Modularise Things
   

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9. These are our dependencies
   

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10. Frameworks include everything from
    the get go
    

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11. We need something like ordering off
    a menu
    

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12. Enter Composer
    

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13. Composer describes a package, and
    what it needs to run
    

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14. {
    “name”: “icit/wp-less”,
    “require”: {
    "php": ">=5.2.4",
    "leafo/lessphp": "0.4.0"
    }
    }
    

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15. Installing Composer
    https://getcomposer.org/download/
    ( Already installed with vvv )
    

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16. To install dependencies
    > composer install
    

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18. To update dependencies
    > composer update
    

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19. Dependencies get put in a vendor/
    folder
    An autoloader is provided so there are no
    require/includes
    

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20. Packagist
    The PHP world has a headstart on us
    

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21. For packages not on Packagist
    {
    "repositories": [
    {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/leafo/lessphp.git"
    }
    ],
    ...etc...
    }
    

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22. Questions?
    Tom J Nowell
    tomjn.com
    @tarendai
    

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