how to using composer package for productsion level apps code example

Example 1: composer install production

composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

Example 2: upgrade composer

To update composer command just find location of composer.phar and update as:
 where composer 	#Retrieves you location of your composer.phar
 cd path_to_composer.phar #Move to directory with composer.phar
 php composer.phar self-update	#Update your composer