Composer and Drupal: Past, Present and Future

on YouTube ↗41m

" summary

Composer in Core Initiative makes Drupal tarballs Composer-ready, removes the old wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin approach and adds a core scaffolding plugin plus generated meta packages like the Drupal core recommended meta-package. New templates (recommended and legacy) produce a relocated web root and vendor split, scaffold files are copied with append/remove support, and meta packages regenerate on composer.json changes. Tarball generation via composer create-project is in place though CI race conditions still delay full rollout. drush pm:update remains supported and conversion tooling exists for older sites.

AI-written summary · about

" chapters (32)

1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:42TOPICS
3. 2:39Project Page
4. 3:09Goals
5. 9:03Composer Merge Plugin and Core
6. 9:33File Layout with Merge Plugin
7. 9:52Composer require with Merge Plugin
8. 10:16Composer update with Merge Plugin
9. 10:34Drush pm-update with Merge Plugin
10. 10:58Upgrade Woes
11. 11:24One Weird Trick To Use Composer and Drupal Downloads Together
12. 12:32drupal/recommended-project
13. 13:35drupal/legacy-project
14. 14:16The New Way to Scaffold
15. 15:18Enabling Scaffolding
16. 16:05Declaring Scaffold Files in Core
17. 16:54Appending to a Scaffold File
18. 17:57Removing a Scaffold File
19. 19:20Artifact Generation
20. 20:33Metapackage Generators
21. 22:13Subtree Splitter
22. 22:51Archive Packager
23. 23:09Drupal 18.8 Contemporary Package Relationships
24. 24:46drupal/core-recommended Exact dependencies from drupal/drupal composer lock
25. 25:17drupal/core-dev Same version constraints as drupal/drupal composer.json
26. 25:54Drupal 18.7 Legacy Adapter Package drupal/legacy-scaffold-assets
27. 27:27drupal/legacy-scaffold-assets Contemporary scaffold assets for legacy Drupal versions
28. 27:45drupal/core-dev-pinned Only for use by download archive generation!
29. 29:05Converting Non-Composer Sites
30. 30:24Converting drupal-project Sites
31. 32:43Core Development in Drupal 9
32. 36:12Differences in composer.json in 9.x

" related talks

• 01h 07mTaking Maximum Advantage of Drupal Core's Composer TemplateMichael Anello · MidCamp 2020
• 01h 04mDemystifying ComposerDavid Hernandez · DrupalCamp NJ 2019
• 48mThe Composer WorkflowGobinath Mallaiyan · DrupalCamp NJ 2020
• 46mExploring composer in drupal 8Salvador Molina · DrupalCamp Spain 2017
• 40mGoodbye Drush Make. Hello Composer!Oliver Davies · PHP UK Conference 2018
• 01h 04mImproving your Drupal 8 development workflowJesus Manuel Olivas · MidCamp 2017
• 45mPackage Manager: Powering Automatic Updates and Project Browser to Drupal's easy Composer futureTed Bowman, Adam Globus-Hoenich · DrupalCamp NJ 2023
• 46mComposer Best Practices 2018Nils Adermann · phpDay 2018