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Composer
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.. _composer: https://getcomposer.org/

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Description
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What is composer?

   Composer_ is a tool for dependency management in PHP. It allows you to declare
   the libraries your project depends on and it will manage (install/update) them for you.

   -- getcomposer.org


Search
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Search for:
✦
`composer+typo3 <https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=composer+typo3>`__
✦


Important
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• https://composer.typo3.org (docs)


Blog postings
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•  2020-07-03, t3terminal:
   `The Best Guide to TYPO3 Composer
   <https://t3terminal.com/blog/guide-typo3-composer/>`__

•  2020-06-08, t3terminal:
   `10 Resources to Learn TYPO3 Composer
   <https://t3terminal.com/blog/learn-typo3-composer/>`__

•  2020-02-05, t3terminal:
   `7 Easy Steps to Satis - TYPO3 Private Packages for Composer
   <https://t3terminal.com/blog/satis-private-packages-composer/>`__

•  2018-06-13, Helmut Hummel:
   `Improvements to composer.typo3.org
   <https://insight.helhum.io/post/174851830180/improvements-to-composertypo3org>`__

•  2018-02-08, typo3.org:
   `Certificate issue with composer
   <https://typo3.org/news/article/certificate-issue-with-composer/>`__

•  2018-02-02, Daniel Goerz:
   `The TYPO3 Subtree Split and Composer <https://usetypo3.com/typo3-subtree-split-and-composer.html>`__
   ✦
   `Tweet <https://twitter.com/ervaude/status/959435077372600321>`__

•  2016-06-08, nitsan:
   `Step by step guide to TYPO3 Composer
   <https://www.nitsan.in/blog/itug-week-27-step-by-step-guide-to-typo3-composer/>`__


Composer and TYPO3 extensions
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•  `TYPO3 CMS Composer Package Generator
   <https://github.com/TYPO3/CmsComposerPackageGenerator>`__

   This script generates among other things it does a custom
   :file:`packages.json` file enabling to deploy TYPO3 CMS
   packages by Composer.

•  t3terminal:
   `Composer.json Generator For Your TYPO3 Extensions
   <https://demo.t3terminal.com/typo3-composer-generator/>`__


Composer patches instead of TYPO3 xclassing
===========================================

•  `Simple patches plugin for Composer
   <https://github.com/cweagans/composer-patches>`__
   ✦
   `Tweet <https://twitter.com/xperseguers/status/1034807948386742273>`__


Documentation
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•  2018-07-31, Installation guide:
   `How to upgrade an existing TYPO3 installation to Composer
   <https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/InstallationGuide/MigrateToComposer/Index.html>`__


Explore this
============

•  `Private Packagist <https://packagist.com/>`__ -
   Composer package archive as a service for PHP
   ✦
   `Tweet <https://twitter.com/helhum/status/1032911116157034496>`__


Presentations
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•  2018-11-04, Helmut Hummel, live at #t3crr:

   • ::

       composer create-project helhum/typo3-distribution

       composer create-project foo/bar project-folder
       # lookup packagist for <repo-url>
       # git clone <repo-url> project-folder
       # cd project-folder
       # composer install

       composer require foo/bar
       # lookup packagist for newest version of package
       # change (or create) composer.json
          # composer update foo/bar


     •   https://github.com/helhum/typo3-distribution
     •   https://packagist.org/ - points to the repository of the package.
         Example: https://github.com/helhum/typo3-console

•  2018-06-23, Helmut Hummel:
   `Your Perfect TYPO3 Distribution
   <https://speakerdeck.com/helhum/your-perfect-typo3-distribution>`__