Composer 2.0 was recently released with much improved performance in fetching and updating dependencies. If you are running projects on Drupal 8 or 9, you are going to want to switch as soon as you can.
Before you do...
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In my last post, I detailed how you can add new repository endpoints in your composer.json file for your own repos.
This is working great for the projects we are currently working on,...
On a recent project, we had taken a Pattern Lab based prototype and created a Drupal 8 theme from it. In order to track updates and stay independent of the work happening by the front end team, I added the Pattern Lab repo to the project as a git submodule.
This is a practical approach,...
Adding Composer packages to Drupal 8 is pretty easy.
There is a module called Composer Manager that can be used to add packages that modules require, but there are instances where you just need a package (and no need to create a module).
A great example of this is the...