Chapter 2. Using Composer Packages

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Working with the composer install command and avoiding the Composer update
  • Downloading and installing Guzzle using Composer
  • Making a provider
  • Using the Facade pattern
  • Using private packages

Introduction

We will cover some of the day-to-day workflows of setting up Laravel to use composer and many of the packages that exist out there for us to easily use in our PHP applications.

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