Drupal & Composer Help Desk

OBJECTIVE:

This general help desk is designed to give attendees the chance to:

• Ask their Drupal-related questions, and post an issue to the d.o. issue queue if applicable
• Obtain Composer-specific guidance and support when it comes to installing packages, updating packages, installing patches, troubleshooting
• Identify places on Drupal.org and/or Stack Exchange to search for answers
• Learn where/how to apply common configuration changes
• Learn about some online Drupal package evaluation (simplytest.me) and training resources (drupalize.me).

Common Questions/Issues encountered with Composer:

• Do I still need drush?
• What the heck do I do with this composer.json in Drupal root?
• Do i need a composer.json file in my module?
• Composer commands are running out of memory, what now?
• Drupal 8 Composer failure on Windows with the message "bin\phpcs" "--config-show" "installed_paths"" failed- what now?

Drupal.org Mentoring Team Activities Issue/Notes thread:

https://www.drupal.org/project/mentoring/issues/3053517#comment-13102360

RESOURCES:

Websites & Forums to search for answers/provide answers:

• Drupal Answers Stack Exchange:  https://drupal.stackexchange.com/
• Stack Exchange: https://stackexchange.com/
• Drupal.org Support resources/links:  https://www.drupal.org/support
• Working/navigating the issue queue:  https://www.drupal.org/issue-queue
• Composer:  https://getcomposer.org/
   

Chat services to float ideas/bounce questions:

• Drupal Slack
• PhillyDev Slack
• IRC

Online Tutorials/Training/Testing Resources:

• Drupalize.me
• SimpleTest.me
• Recorded sessions from Drupalcon Seattle 2019:  https://drupal.tv/curated-playlists/drupalcon-seattle-2019
• Videos from other Drupal events: https://drupal.tv/