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Awesome development tools for PHP 2023

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Awesome development tools for PHP 2023

Hi guys,

Time flies, PHP is still being used and popular in the world 😎

Getting started and working with PHP is totally awesome nowadays, we have plenty of tools to skyrocket your development experience (DX).

Let's check them out πŸ˜‰

😎 IDEs

  • PHPStorm (my go-to IDE)

  • Visual Studio Code (has plenty of PHP plugins)

πŸš€ Laravel Herd

A super tool to install & switch PHP versions, nginx included 😎

The pain of managing the PHP version is no more.

Home page: https://herd.laravel.com/

πŸ”‹ DBNgin

Get your desired database up and running in no time. Including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis πŸ₯°

Home page: https://dbngin.com/

βœ‰οΈ MailTrap

A simple Email service to help us test the email content, recipients,...

No installation is required, we only need to sign up, get the SMTP credentials, and rock your development πŸ”₯

Home page: https://mailtrap.io/

πŸ’Ό TablePlus

An elegant database management tool, super easy to use, has super high UX, and multiple helpers as well.

We can use it free but limited to 2 tabs. However, the premium version is great and worth the investment.

Home page: https://tableplus.com/

(Optional) 🌹 DevToolz

An opinionated development toolz made for developers.

I crafted from my experience. Super useful in your development process.

I hope you'll like it, free to use & open-sourced: https://tools.sethphat.dev/

There will be more tools to come, stays tuned ❀️!

Conclusion

Well, those are the basic tools that you'll need to install & use to achieve the best DX.

Those are the tools I am using every day, and totally satisfied ⭐️

Have fun coding πŸ˜‰!

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