PhpStorm for Laravel Developers

Finding the right IDE that fits your coding workflow and requirements can often be frustrating. Many editors come close but stumble near the finish line. After years of searching, however, PhpStorm is the first editor that somehow manages to tick every requirement of mine. It's fast, feature-rich, incredibly customizable, and the new UI is gorgeous.In this series, I hope you'll come along as I demonstrate, one episode at a time, my complete Laravel and PhpStorm workflow (including the incredible Laravel Idea plugin). So buckle up, there's a lot to cover!

• Getting Started
• Hello, PhpStorm
• Customize PhpStorm for Your Perfect Workflow
• The Laravel Idea Plugin is a Must
• Get Around in PhpStorm Quickly
• Automatically Format Code (Including Pint)
• PHP Class Generators
• Laravel Idea = Speed
• Refactoring
• Extract Method
• Extract, Inline, and Rename Variables
• Introduce Field
• Extract Class and "Pull Up"
• Digging Deeper
• 5 Essential Laravel Idea Features
• Multiple Cursors
• Live Templates
• Tailwind Integration With Automatic Class Sorting
• AI-Powered Code Assistance with Copilot
• Testing Workflow
• Debugging With Xdebug