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151 Using Composer to Build Drupal Sites Fast - Modules Unraveled Podcast


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Composer
  • What is composer?
    • Dependency Manager for PHP
    • How does it relate to Drush Make?
      • Surprisingly similar
      • “Getting off the island”
      • What can you do with composer on a Drupal site?
        • download dependencies, drupal modules, themes, profiles, drush, external libraries etc
        • How do you download contrib modules?
          • https://packagist.drupal-composer.org/
          • How do you download contrib themes?
            • ^^
            • Can you specify where to download project? ie: modules/contrib and modules/custom?
              • composer/installers & davidbarratt/custom-installer
              • Where do you store custom modules/themes?
                • Two methods: Committing to your repo or creating separate repos
                • Reference repo in you composer.json
                • Toran Proxy
                • davidbarratt/custom-installer
                • How can you specify and download a library to go with a module?
                  • module should specify it in composer.json
                  • if not submit a patch, and add to your composer.json for now
                  • Patches
                    • cweagans/composer-patches
                    • Use Cases
                      • drupal/drupal vs drupal/core
                        • http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/tree/composer.json
                        • If you want to use the project-repo/web
                        • composer create-project drupal/drupal
                        • Composer template for Drupal Projects
                          • https://github.com/drupal-composer/drupal-project
                          • Build sites from scratch with composer install
                          • Update drupal/modules/themes/etc. with composer update
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                            Modules Unraveled PodcastBy jblacson005