Composer - The Ultimate Guide for PHP Dependency Management

Description

In this series you will learn about how to manage PHP projects dependencies using composer.

In modern PHP development composer has become an indispensable tool that has aided the rapid development of PHP Language.

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP (a tool used for installing, updating and managing libraries that your project depends on).

It is used in almost all modern PHP frameworks such as Symfony, CakePHP and Laravel and composer is one of the most highly recommended tools that solves fundamental issues in many web projects.

Hack PHP Dependency Management, Master Composer a Modern PHP Development Tool and Learn to Create your own PHP Packages

Some problems that Composer solves includes:

• Resolving dependencies for PHP packages

• autoloading solution for PHP packages

• keeping all packages updated

Most PHP packages are built on top of other well known PHP packages, a common example are symfony components which forms the bedrock for many PHP frameworks such as Laravel. By using Composer developers can reuse stable PHP libraries and Composer will automatically handle dependency resolution. When you install a package, it will automatically install all the required dependencies for you.

What Will I Get ?

• Install and use PHP packages with composer

• Update project dependencies

• Learn to use composer Autoloading Feature

• How to create a package and submit it to packagist so that other developers can use your package

• Send mail from PHP App using Swift Mailer

• Apply Confidently for PHP developer jobs knowing you can jump into a dev team and start contributing to projects immediately.

• Become an efficient (Save time and effort) PHP developer

• Contribute to open source community

• Access to my Introduction to Programming in PHP Course on Devscreencast dot com

Requirements

• PHP Development Environment is required to take this course, if you have not already installed PHP, SIGNUP for my FREE Introduction to Programming with PHP Course on DEVSCREENCAST DOT COM to learn how.

• Basic knowledge of PHP programming Language, you can , SIGNUP for my FREE Introduction to Programming with PHP Course on DEVSCREENCAST DOT COM to learn how.

• Knowledge of OOP will be great but not required to follow along and complete this course

• Computer and Internet connection