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Building a PHP CLI tool using DDD and Event Sourcing: distribution

Distribution is about meeting your users where they are – the more options you offer, the broader public you can reach. This post is a step-by-step guide to setting up a Laravel Zero application for distribution over various channels, using Dime as an example.

How to build and distribute beautiful command-line applications with PHP and Composer

When you think of command-line applications, PHP doesn't immediately come to mind. Yet the language powers many popular tools, either as independent programs or to be used within projects. This tutorial will walk you through the process of creating a simple game running in the terminal, using Symfony's Console component as a bedrock, GitHub Actions for testing, and Composer for distribution.