In this talk I intend to cover the basics of the Composer dependency manager and its usefulness in the context of WordPress.
To do so I intend to cover the following points in depth:
1. What is Composer: – A brief introduction – Who uses Composer?
2. Stand-alone usage of Composer: – The composer.json file – Loading directories – Name-spacing – Usage within WordPress themes and plugins
3. WordPress as a dependency – https://wpackagist.org/ – Well-known WordPress core packages – Moving plugins and themes into the proper directories
4. Pros & Cons – Cons: Another dependency on your host – Pros: Simplified GIT repositories, command-line access, versioning, etc.