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Now would be a good time to commit your progress. If you are not already using git, set up a repository now. This is not a git tutorial so I won't go over the details. But using version control should be a habit, even if it is just for a tutorial project like this.
What you have set up now is called a `front controller`. All requests are going to the same file that then decides what to do with it. This is a very common software design pattern.
What you have set up now is called a [front controller](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Controller_pattern). All requests are going to the same file that then decides what to do with it. This is a very common software design pattern.
### Introducing composer
Just because you are not using a framework does not mean you will have to reinvent the wheel every time you want to do something. For PHP there is a dependency manager called composer that you can use to pull in 3rd party packages for your application.
If you don't have composer installed already, head over to the website and install it.
If you don't have composer installed already, head over to the [website](https://getcomposer.org/) and install it. You can find composer packages for your project on [packagist](https://packagist.org/).
Create a new file in your project root folder called `composer.json`. This is the composer configuration file that will be used to configure your project and it's dependencies. It must be valid json or composer will fail.