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Bookmarks and Favorites for Navigating Large Magento Codebases

Maxim Mironjuk - January 26, 2026

A Magento module typically spreads across dozens of files in deeply nested directories: di.xml, plugin classes, observers, blocks, and templates. PhpStorm's Bookmarks for individual lines and Favorites for entire files and folders turn this web into a navigable structure, provided you use them systematically instead of randomly.

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Testing REST and GraphQL in PHPStorm: HTTP Client, Environments and Variables

Maxim Mironjuk - January 19, 2026

The PHPStorm HTTP Client fully replaces Postman for many developers: .http files versioned in the repo, environments for dev/staging/prod, variables for tokens and IDs, response handlers for automatic assertions. For Magento REST and GraphQL there are specific patterns that make testing considerably easier.

Magento Docker PHPStorm PHP

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Debugging in Container Setups: Combining PhpStorm, Xdebug and Logs

Maxim Mironjuk - January 11, 2026

Anyone debugging Docker containers with nothing but var_dump and logs is leaving most of the development environment's potential on the table. Xdebug 3 with PhpStorm connects the debugger directly to the container, for real breakpoints, variable inspection and stack traces without a single var_dump().

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Setting Up PhpStorm for PHP Projects: Interpreter, Indexing, Memory & Quality Tools

Maxim Mironjuk - January 07, 2026

A default PhpStorm installation is not a productive PHP workplace. Only once the PHP interpreter is correctly wired up, indexing is scoped to what actually matters, PHPStan and phpcs warn inline, and the heap limit matches the real project size does PhpStorm work the way a modern PHP IDE should.

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PHPStorm Plugins for Magento and Hyva: Which Ones Actually Help

Maxim Mironjuk - January 03, 2026

The PHPStorm plugin marketplace lists dozens of plugins that promise to simplify Magento development. In practice, many of them add little value, noticeably slow down the IDE, or are simply irrelevant for Hyva projects. This article separates the real productivity boosters from the resource hogs.

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Editing and Validating OpenAPI Files in PhpStorm

Maxim Mironjuk - January 01, 2026

Anyone maintaining OpenAPI specifications in a separate browser editor wastes time and risks inconsistencies between documentation and code. PhpStorm offers full schema validation, intelligent autocompletion and an integrated preview, all without ever leaving the IDE.

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Setting Up PhpStorm for Magento 2: Indexing, Excludes, Performance & Autocomplete

Maxim Mironjuk - December 27, 2025

With over 30,000 PHP files, Magento 2 is one of the largest open-source PHP projects. Without a correct PhpStorm configuration, indexing takes minutes, autocomplete stays silent, and the IDE turns into a bottleneck instead of a helper. This guide shows how to set up PhpStorm so it works productively with Magento.

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Multi-Cursor and Column Selection for Bulk Changes in PhpStorm

Maxim Mironjuk - December 17, 2025

Typing the same change ten times by hand wastes time that PhpStorm's multi-cursor editing and column selection handle in seconds. Together, both techniques cover nearly every repetitive text change in the editor.

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Connecting Xdebug and PHPUnit in Docker with PhpStorm the Right Way

Maxim Mironjuk - December 15, 2025

Debugging PHPUnit tests in a Docker environment with PhpStorm is one of the most frustrating parts of PHP development. Configuration usually fails because of XDEBUG_MODE, incorrect path mapping, or a remote interpreter that was never set up correctly. This guide shows the complete path, from installing Xdebug to running coverage reports.

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Integrating Composer, Node, npm and Yarn Cleanly in PhpStorm

Maxim Mironjuk - December 02, 2025

Switching between editor and terminal to run Composer or npm costs focus and context. PhpStorm can integrate Composer, Node.js, npm and Yarn directly, with autocompletion for composer.json and package.json, script buttons and a full output view right in the IDE.