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PhpStorm on a Magento 2 project with hundreds of thousands of vendor files can feel like a sluggish tool. The reason is almost always the same: too many files in the index, too little heap memory, too many active plugins. With systematic diagnosis the problem can be fixed within an hour.

Magento 2 ships its own test infrastructure that differs substantially from a standard PHPUnit project. If you want to run integration tests directly from PHPStorm, see coverage reports in the IDE, and debug individual test methods with a single click, you need specific configuration, which this article covers in full.

Xdebug with Docker is not a one-click setup: host.docker.internal, port 9003, path mappings, the correct xdebug.mode, and PHPStorm server configuration all have to line up. This article systematically puts every piece into the right position, for stable breakpoints in Magento 2 and other PHP projects.

A Vue product configurator for configurable Magento products must keep attributes, variants, price and availability in sync, without triggering a full page reload on every selection. With the right data structure this works with a single initial load request.

A deployment process without a checklist is a process that runs slightly differently every single time. For Magento teams running GitLab CI/CD there is a clear sequence: repository rules and CI variables, build artifacts and release structure, then verify jobs and a documented rollback.

A single server inevitably hits limits as traffic grows, no matter how much RAM or CPU it gets. This article explains how Magento stores split web, database, search, and cache across dedicated servers, keep sessions centralized via Redis, deliver media consistently through NFS or S3, and run load balancers with proper health checks.

ObjectManager::getInstance()->get() hides dependencies, makes testing impossible, and blocks static analysis. Everything about the Service Locator anti-pattern, and the correct alternative.

A cron job that has not run for three days usually does not show up in the frontend right away, yet it causes silent damage exactly during that time. Systematic cron monitoring and alerting makes missed and failed jobs visible before customers or revenue suffer.

Watching Magento through server load alone shows symptoms, not causes. New Relic makes individual transactions visible, from a checkout request down to an external payment service, giving you the data to fix performance problems on purpose instead of by guesswork.

The checkout is the most business-critical page in any online store, and it is exactly where accessible interfaces fail most often. Blocked progress indicators, invisible error messages and keyboard traps in the payment step cost paying customers and open legal exposure under accessibility law. This article shows how to systematically audit, test and implement every single step of the checkout process for Magento and Hyva.