Composer Dependency Manager

  1. Autoloading with Composer
    1. Autoloading Fundamentals
      1. Manual vs Automatic Class Loading
        1. Performance Benefits
          1. Development Workflow Improvements
          2. PSR Autoloading Standards
            1. PSR-4 Standard
              1. Namespace to Directory Mapping
                1. Directory Structure Requirements
                  1. Implementation Guidelines
                  2. PSR-0 Standard
                    1. Legacy Support
                      1. Migration Considerations
                        1. Differences from PSR-4
                      2. Autoload Configuration
                        1. autoload Section Structure
                          1. PSR-4 Configuration
                            1. Namespace Mapping
                              1. Multiple Namespace Support
                              2. Classmap Generation
                                1. Directory Scanning
                                  1. File Inclusion
                                  2. Files Autoloading
                                    1. Function and Constant Loading
                                      1. Bootstrap File Inclusion
                                      2. exclude-from-classmap Option
                                      3. Development Autoloading
                                        1. autoload-dev Section
                                          1. Test Suite Integration
                                            1. Development Tool Autoloading
                                            2. Autoloader Optimization
                                              1. composer dump-autoload Command
                                                1. Classmap Optimization
                                                  1. Authoritative Classmap Generation
                                                    1. APCu Cache Integration
                                                      1. Performance Benchmarking

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                                                    7. Advanced Commands and Features