Getting started with PhpStorm

A free online course to help enhance your productivity with PhpStorm right from the start.

6 episodes | 15 minutes | Beginner

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Lower your learning curve

Learn PhpStorm's best practices

Build your confidence with the IDE

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Two shortcuts to get started

Reduce the learning curve and enhance your productivity in PhpStorm from day one. In this episode, we highlight two essential keyboard shortcuts that you need to know.

Understanding PHP

Explore how PhpStorm's robust autocompletion, automatic class importing, navigation shortcuts, and support for different PHP versions can streamline your workflow.

Error detection

Learn how to navigate and fix errors using intuitive keyboard shortcuts, scan your entire project for issues, and fine-tune inspection rules to match your coding standards.

Refactoring

Learn how to call the Refactor This menu, preview changes, and apply them, dramatically simplifying tasks that would otherwise be time-consuming and error-prone.

Testing

Learn how to run test suites directly within the IDE, analyze test results, leverage watch mode for automatic reruns, and generate test files effortlessly.

Debugging

Explore how to start a debugging session, set breakpoints, and step over or into code using Xdebug.

Your Instructor

Brent Roose has been an active member of the PHP community for over a decade. He has a well-known blog and newsletter called stitcher.io, works as a Developer Advocate for PhpStorm by JetBrains, and hosts the community-focused YouTube channel PHP Annotated.