"Composer: Getting Started" Published on Pluralsight

My second Pluralsight course, Composer: Getting Started, just went live! This is another course that's loosely based on a talk I've given in the past, with a lot more of the details fleshed out. The course covers the following topics:

  1. The Basics of Composer
  2. Including Third Party Code
  3. Autoloading Your Code
  4. Composer Scripts
  5. Publishing Your Own Composer Package
Check it out on Pluralsight today, and let me know what you think!

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