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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 …

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, …

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 re…

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 …

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 ha…

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 f…

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 cl…

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…