Not gonna lie... I might rejoin the VSCode group soon.
PHPStorm is great, but... just feels so sluggish for what I get out of it.
The incoming VSC Laravel extension will likely be a great Laravel IDEA equivalent, and with some decent extension setup and better keybindings VSC can achieve most of the same functionality as the rest of PHPStorm.
Especially if you're used to using the CLI for things like git, tests, etc.
memory leaks of vs code extensions drives me crazy that's why I use jetbrains products
Hopefully you only need the new Laravel extension so you can delete all memory leaks.
I don't only work with laravel so I have other needs and instead of using vs code and using plugins with the memory leakage problem I prefer using jet brains products for the required stack. So I don't think this extension would solve my problems but I'm sure it's gonna be something amazing.
Memory leaks of Java apps like Jetbrains products drive me crazy too 🙃
IMO there's no way to win with most apps these days except by restarting them regularly.
For my own reasons I ended up on an M1 MBP mostly for battery life, and the CPU does excellently most of the time, but Jetbrains slows to a crawl at times (especially when I'm in a hurry!).
I also like experimenting with different ways of working, "smaller" tools, etc.
I'm still in my PHPStorm trial and I think I'm about to pull the trigger on the full purchase. I do a lot of Node, React, and other work that feels a lot less like my Laravel/PHP code... when I'm in PHPStorm I'm in a different mindset.
I suppose I could look at different VSCode Profiles....
I say definitely go for it! All of the products of jet brains are amazing. Highly customizable. For php storm and laravel combination I highly recommend laracast phpstorm tutorial. Life becomes way easier. Also web storm is very powerful tool for javascript ecosystem.
I love WebStorm! I can use it for Open Source work _only_ since JetBrains gave me a license for my (now aging) open source project LostGrid.
Alright- you convinced me.
<adds to cart>
Impressive work on LostGrid man! Definitely I'll check that out. I've never heard of it before.
😂 I am certain that you won't regret! I feel the same with you about the mindset thing. It really changes your mood. Somehow I become more productive when I use jet brains stuff. might be placebo or not but I don't care. if it works, it works!
Oh yeah, I still highly recommend it for most people!
I just like experimenting with things, and doing more with less.
Some things that are still going to be way better with PHPStorm are:
- The intellisense search, which uses machine learning to show the most likely relevant result for what you're searching
- Code inspections by default are pretty good, and even better with the EA Extended plugin
It's funny that I'm having the same problem on VScode and not in phpstorm 😂