Those of you who have already tried PhpStorm 6 might have noticed a lot of great additions to PHP imports support. In this post we would like to tell you about a long awaited feature: Optimize Imports for PHP. (more…)

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 6 introduces full support for the TypeScript language through 3 new features: File Watchers, Sourcemaps and general support for working with code. (more…)

Recently, we received a question on Twitter asking about how PhpStorm handles type inference when working with mocking frameworks. Imagine having the following two classes: When writing a unit test for ClassA, it’s very easy to mock ClassB using PHPUnit’s mocking capabilities. By mocking ClassB, you can mold an instance of ClassB and add additional validations on it without having to modify the code for ClassB. For example, you might want to validate that there’s only one call being made to ClassB’s bar() method. (more…)

Today's post is about a nice feature set (many of you have been using for a long time) and its recent improvements. I'm talking about static type checking when type of parameter or variable on the left side of assignment or function return type is explicitly specified in JSDoc annotation. For 5.0 release we've supported Google Closure types syntax, so that quite complex situations can be handled more accurately and conveniently. To start with let's consider the most basic situation: (more…)

Providing comments and annotations to your JavaScript code is a way to make it more definite and easier to read by other developers. It is especially important in large projects. Some static code analysis tools and verifiers take types and other information provided in JSDoc tags into consideration and report warnings if code is inconsistent with annotations. We suggest you as developers to developers to use annotations as much as possible. JSDoc tags support in PhpStorm/WebStorm 5.0 has been improved to make your coding experience better. When something is known about current context, more

We are getting a lot of reports and ideas from you about the ordering of JavaScript completion options. So in WebStorm 4.0 and PhpStorm 4.0 we made small but important improvements. More relevant suggestions now appear at the top of the list in many cases. (more…)

This week's EAP brings important stability and performance fixes and some neat features (more…)

Since PhpStorm 2.0 Symfony framework command line tool can be used inside PhpStorm by Command Line Tool Support. Let's pass through a simple Symfony tutorial, and then create a custom task. You'll need having PhpStorm 2.0 and Symfony 1.1 or newer stable release installed on your computer. If you have no Symfony, tutorial describes its installation. (more…)

Zend Framework has a powerful command line tool, and it can be used inside PhpStorm by Command Line Tool Support. Let's pass through a simple Zend Framework tutorial. You'll need having PhpStorm 2.0 and Zend Framework installed on your computer. (more…)

Recently, we've added a number of new features that simplify HTML5 development. Here's a short list of their highlights: Support of HTML custom data attributes. The attributes with names that begin with data- can be used to store some custom information. WebStorm/PhpStorm IDE provides completion for such attributes when they're used in a project: Support for Web SQL Database JavaScript API: We also added a new setting Default HTML language level ( File | Settings | Resources ). If you switch it to HTML5, IDE will consider every *.html file without specified doctype as HTML5 file, so vali

PhpStorm & WebStorm are capable of showing you documentation related to PHP class, JS element or HTML tag just by pressing Ctrl+Q when cursor is on that element. You can call it up also when IDE suggests you to auto-complete your code. For example, you are going to use "connect" method of DB class and would like to see documentation for it. Pressing Ctrl+Space will show you all methods of DB class. Pressing Ctrl+Q when method is selected in drop-down box will show you popup with documentation. If you'd like to enable showing documentation by default after given timeout you can turn it

Lately we have been seeing a lot of excitement circulating on various blogs about HTML5 and it's support in latest versions of all major browsers. We are constantly improving our IDE to support new standards. Now you can easily enjoy HTML5 development with our new IDEs PhpStorm & WebStorm. Let's start with a simple example: Create a new HTML document. Don't forget to change DOCTYPE  to <!DOCTYPE HTML> to enable HTML5 support for that file. (WebStorm and PhpStorm 1.1 will also include new file templates for HTML5 documents ) Say, we'd like to use new <canvas> element. Not onl

Pack of fixes in all areas in this build along with couple of new features: PHP completion got new popup layout: added function signatures. Note that you can also open Quick Documentation popup (Ctrl-Q) right from this list. Feedback is appreciated PHP code inspection now checks for implemented methods signature compatibility and dynamic function call variable type Most notable fixes Introduce variable for PHP significantly improved - formatting problems fixed, results of invoking on selection is much more intuitive. Expect better name suggestions and other usability improvements De