The document compares dependency management in PHP using Composer to dependency management in Go using Glide. It outlines the similarities between the init, install, and require/get commands between the two tools. For init, both create configuration files while Glide also detects dependencies. For install, both install dependencies to the vendor folder. Require/get allow adding dependencies by name with version constraints. The configuration files for each also serve similar purposes of specifying dependencies and versions.

1. Golang for PHPDevelopers
Dependency
management
byRichardTuin

2. PHPhas Composer

3. Golang has Glide
(among others)

4. These slides compare
Composerand
Glide
byfour commands:

5. - init
- install
- require
- update

6. 1.
init?

7. composer init
» creates a composer.json
glide init
» creates a glide.yaml

8. It's muchthe same
init?

9. Glide's initisa
bitmore clever
» It looks through your code
and detects dependencies
» Asks you to add them

10. 2.
install

11. composer install
» installs dependencies to vendor/
glide install
» installs dependencies to vendor/

12. installworksthe
same in bothtools

13. 3.
require

14. Composer require
and
Glide get

15. Composer require
» composer require rtuin/somepackage
» composer require --dev rtuin/somepackage
Glide get
» glide get github.com/rtuin/somepackage
» glide get --test github.com/rtuin/somepackage

16. Withversion constraints
Composer require
» composer require rtuin/somepackage:^1.0
Glide get
» glide get github.com/rtuin/somepackage#^1.0

17. 4. update = update

18. composer.json
vs
glide.yaml

19. composer.json
{
"name": "rtuin/somepackage",
"require": {
"rtuin/someotherpackage": "^4.1",
},
}

20. glide.yaml
package: github.com/rtuin/somepackage
import:
- package: github.com/rtuin/someotherpackage
version: ^4.1

21. Composerand
Glidearevery
similar
...
ifnotequals

22. Golang for PHPDevelopers
Dependencymanagement
byRichardTuin
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