As part of the efforts to get Drupal “off the island”, the Community started adopting Composer. Now, with the Composer Support in Core Initiative, the adoption has become wider.

Although it's a great tool, starting with Composer can be intimidating and even problematic if you lack some basic knowledge. During this session, we will discuss the basics and not so basics of composer, including:

Creating a composer project
Adding dependencies to your project
Using composer repositories
Composer scripts
Composer.json vs composer.lock
Dealing with merge conflicts when using composer
Dealing with dependencies resolution problems
Working with some popular composer plugins:
cweagans/composer-patches
composer/installers
oomphinc/composer-installers-extender
drupal/core-composer-scaffold
Additional composer configuration items
You will leave this session with the confidence to use and solve issues when working with Composer in your day-to-day tasks.

Presenter
Kevin Porras

https://www.drupalcampnj.org/sessions/drupal-loves-composer-and-you-can-love-it-too