# Composer for the Rest of Us

DevFeed: [Composer for the Rest of Us](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/composer-for-the-rest-of-us-31246.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nystudio107.com/blog/composer-for-the-rest-of-us>)

Author: andrew@nystudio107.com (Andrew Welch)

Published: 2022-08-14T20:04:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [nystudio107 | Articles on modern web development.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nystudio107-articles-on-modern-web-development.md>)

Topics: [Composer](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/composer.md>), [Dependency management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dependency-management.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

Tags: [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [composer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/composer.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [dependency-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency-management.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [leverage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leverage.md>), [like](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/like.md>), [manage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manage.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [php-based](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php-based.md>), [projects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/projects.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on Composer, the PHP dependency-management tool. It explains how Composer declares, installs, updates, and autoloads project dependencies, then introduces composer.json, composer.lock, Packagist, and useful Composer commands.

## Source excerpt

Learn about how you can leverage Composer like a pro to manage & install your dependencies in PHP-based projects