[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 )

The CodeIgniter4-Standard help any new, and old, guy easily reformat your code following the CodeIgniter Style Guide.

There are several tools in various editors and IDEs that make it possible to do this with a simple keyboard shortcut.

CI4 can be installed "manually", just download the package and configure it. But, of course, you need to study this.

As it is in development and things can change at any time, it is easier to maintain if you use Git.

Complexity may be just your current point of view.

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