Starting with version eight, PHPStorm started to support a WordPress specific project type. I’ll also cover things such as plugins and themes as well.
All you really need to know is that virtually everything can be customized. In this section, I will share some of the basic settings I use for each project. I’ve been using it for a solid year or so and I’m constantly finding out about new features. Saying that PHPStorm is feature rich is a bit of an understatement. Hopefully, I’ll be able to do just that!Īlso, if you are a back-end developer, there’s a good chance you still might learn something new as well! Perhaps you are one of those who is on the fence about giving it a try and just need a little convincing. In this post, I want to share some of the key features I like about using PHPStorm from a front-end WordPress developer’s perspective. SHOCKING, I know! Making a Case for PHPStorm On the IDE side of things, there is Coda and PHPStorm by JetBrains. It seems that most front-end developers steer clear from IDEs and lean more towards the more ‘lightweight’ code editors that have plugins for just about anything imaginable.Īs for me, I seem to be a bit of an anomaly, because I am a front-ender who has only ever used PHPStorm! As a disclaimer: Late last year I tried to make the switch to Atom, but that experiment only lasted a few days. It tends to be a very personal choice.Ī few popular editors in use these days are Sublime Text and Atom.
As a developer, front-end or back-end, there is no lack of strong opinions on why or why not developers choose their text editor or IDE.