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bobloco/hellodolly
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Generates a random line from Hello Dolly (hat tip to WordPress). Useful for learning the basic structure of a Composer package.

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Readme
======

[](#readme)

Hello Dolly Composer Package
----------------------------

[](#hello-dolly-composer-package)

A very basic and primitive "Hello world"-style script and a tribute to WordPress's default plugin.

### Usage

[](#usage)

1. [Install Composer](http://getcomposer.org) if you haven't already.
2. Add `"bobloco/hellodolly": "*"` to your composer.json file
3. Run `composer update`
4. Add the following to the list of service providers (found in `app/config/app.php` in Laravel)

```
'Bobloco\Hellodolly\HellodollyServiceProvider',

```

5. If you're using Laravel, you can add the following to the aliases in `app/config/app.php`, and then use `HelloDolly::output();` to return a line.

```
'HelloDolly'	  => 'Bobloco\Hellodolly\Facades\Hellodolly',

```

Please note that this package is primarily designed to teach you about how composer packages work, particularly with regard to integration into Laravel. Take a look at the code, and see what you make of it. At some point I'll get 'round to writing it all step-by-step, but for the moment this will have to do.

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20747247?v=4)[BobLoco](/maintainers/BobLoco)[@bobloco](https://github.com/bobloco)

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Top Contributors

[![rob-lowcock](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/547349?v=4)](https://github.com/rob-lowcock "rob-lowcock (4 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/bobloco-hellodolly/health.svg)

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```

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