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We’re continuously working on making the IDE distract developers less when they need focus. Next to better readability with improved syntax coloring, PhpStorm 7 comes with a Full Screen mode on all platforms which removes window borders and the top menu. And the new Presentation mode helps you show …

Building a REST API? Need to test a call to a web application? Look no further! Earlier this year we bundled a REST client plugin with which we can test HTTP-based APIs right from within our IDE. Since then we’ve added a number of features to it—features that you have requested through our issue tra…

So you’ve worked on some code forked from GitHub and want to send it back to the original repository… Chances are you’ll be doing this using a Pull Request. These let us tell others about changes we've pushed to a GitHub repository so they can review, comment and discuss the proposed modifications. …

Recently, we received the following question through Twitter: “What is the easiest way to deploy the changes of your last commit(s) to a remote project?” Let's explore our options! (more…)…

The clue/graph-composer project on GitHub is pretty interesting. Once installed, it allows us to generate a visualization of our project’s composer.json and its dependencies. Wouldn’t it be nice if this graph were generated automatically whenever Composer dependencies changed? Well, PhpStorm …

In case you don't know, a few days ago we released IntelliJ IDEA 132.425, one more early preview build of the upcoming IntelliJ IDEA 13. As usual the build comes with a new bunch of features and enhancements. One of the new features is the new type of project roots, called Resources. All the file…

With the release of YouTrack 5, we now provide out-of-the-box localization support for your YouTrack instance. While the original set of supported languages includes a few European languages already, we also provide the facility for you to customize YouTrack to your liking using your own favorite la…

We already have a built-in SSH terminal for PhpStorm 7 EAP. The latest drop adds a related feature: the Tools | Open Terminal… menu gives us access to an embedded Local Terminal! (more…)…

Ever since PhpStorm 2, we have had support for working with the Symfony console right from within the IDE. Newer versions have added support for other command line tools like Zend Framework, Composer, Symfony2 and Drush. With the latest PhpStorm 7 EAP, we now support tools that are based on Symfony …

Good news, everyone! With the latest IntelliJ IDEA 13 EAP build the IDE is almost compatible with Java 7 on Retina devices. That means you can safely switch from Apple JDK 1.6 to Oracle JDK 1.7 on your Macs. The latest build of JDK 7 (1.7.0_40) has many fixes for Retina devices, better fonts ren…

We are happy to announce that Raygun, automatic error tracking solution from Mindscape, has first-class integration with YouTrack! It’s live now and ready for you and your team to experience what might be the smoothest error resolving workflow possible. Raygun automatically tracks all errors your ap…

With the new Move Static Member refactoring in the PhpStorm 7 EAP, we can move static fields and methods to another type. For example when classes contain static methods that are nothing but utility methods, we can move them into a separate type. (more…)…