[split] composer installs (I think)

The easiest way to install it is by using Composer.

The beauty of past versions was the simple installation method of copy/paste. 

I am not against progress, but I am against non-simple methods. The cleanest web pages are simple web pages. Starting out by having to download, install and use third-party software is never a good omen.

Simple = Elegant

Complexity = Fragility

Cheers,
HEKuiper

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If CI4 will go the Laravel way in terms of setup and complexity then maybe Laravel will be the way to go. I believe CI got popular by it's simplicity. Any new guy could easily set it up and running in no time both locally and in a shared web environment for example. I hope it will keep this even if it has an option to use more advanced tools such as composer. I was allergic to all this tools before using Ubuntu ( I can understand that for Mac users it's all good but for Windows users everything you want to do is such a pain... blargh )