Composer Best Practices

Explore best practices for using Composer, the de-facto standard PHP dependency manager, in this 46-minute conference talk from PHP UK Conference. Learn how to leverage version constraints, understand stabilities and semantic versioning, and discover tips for being a good open-source citizen. Dive into topics such as release packages, tagging, constraints, stability flags, reproducible installs, custom commands, and more. Gain insights on working with private packages, contributing to open-source projects, and accessing community resources. Suitable for those already comfortable with Composer basics and eager to deepen their knowledge.

Introduction
About me
Composer
Semantic Versioning
Who View
Release Packages
Tagging
Review
Help
Constraint
wildcard ranges
orange
carrot
update
stabilities
stable tags
branch
log file
faster installs
reproducible installs
commit
composer log
custom commands
test commands
final tip
Turn Proxy
Fast Reliable
Private Packages
Open Source
Community Resources