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The Remote Host pane allows us to work directly on a remote server through FTP, FTPS, SFTP or a local/network folder. A lot of people asked us to add drag & drop to the Remote Host pane in PhpStorm. Good news: PhpStorm 6 comes with drag & drop as well as copy & paste support from the pro…

Have you ever started writing an app only to realize that you need a simple local webserver? Never fear, WebStorm 6 is here! Simply open "http://localhost:63342/", append your project name, and WebStorm will serve up your site for you! (more…)…

Sourcemaps help to solve the problems in the JavaScript ecosystem introduced with JS minification and transpiling from other languages (e.g., CoffeeScript and TypeScript): Sourcemaps allow you to navigate between minified JavaScript files and the original JavaScript files before they were minif…

WebStorm 6.0, a new major update of our JavaScript IDE is available for immediate download and we are very excited to tell you what's in it! First, WebStorm allows for smarter and more streamlined web development with modern languages such as TypeScript, CoffeeScript and Dart. In addition to providi…

*Note - users of other JetBrains IDEs (RubyMine, PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA, ...) will need to download and install the File Watchers plugin to use this functionality (available for free). The plugin is already bundled with WebStorm and PhpStorm. Many users have requested variations of “Automatic JS/…

Every JavaScript project bigger than "Hello, World" one uses libraries, often many of them. That's why handling libraries properly is so important for the IDE. Let's look at how WebStorm 6 supports libraries and what have been changed since version 5. If you haven't played with libraries lately, …

One of the evolutions in JavaScript development is the new TypeScript language, an open-source superset of JavaScript that allows us to write code in a typed language which compiles to JavaScript. At JеtВrаins wе wоrk tirеlеssly tо bring аbоut mоrе аnd bеttеr suрроrt fоr this lаnguаgе. WebStorm …

Today we're excited to announce Release Candidate build for WebStorm 6! We're really close to the release, so the focus is stability and performance in all subsystems. However there's another new feature that we decided to put in it: support for HTML5 microdata. The IDE will now assist you wit…

Here comes new fresh EAP build #126.309. Visible changes are: Emmet support now works in CSS files. Indeed, it is quite powerful (here's the exact list of what's done so far): Given: Result (after you press Tab): IDE now bundles support for Google Closure Linter tool. Now you've go…

Please meet the new WebStorm 6 EAP build number 126.254. The changes worth mentioning include: The IDE will now highlight your JavaScript code according to the libraries that are configured for the file. This way you can now use libraries not only to filter the completion list, but also to cle…

Working with multiple files in the editor is par for the course. The challenge, however, is not to get lost in zillions of editor tabs opened for each file in the editor pane. Luckily, smart tab management and a few navigation techniques go a long way toward helping you find your way around opened f…

This is to announce a new WebStorm 6 EAP biuld 126.159. Let's quickly drive through the changes in this build: 1. HTML structure view has been reworked, and now it's much easier to navigate over complex HTML files. More details will follow soon, let me just show a screenshot of HTML5 outline mode…