Code Dependencies and Composer

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