# 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 😉

## 😎 IDEs

* PHPStorm (my go-to IDE)
    
* Visual Studio Code (has plenty of PHP plugins)
    

## 🚀 Laravel Herd

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

The pain of managing the PHP version is no more.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1697194157855/d4f40298-9ade-4dce-917f-a2b5a4921469.png align="center")

Home page: [https://herd.laravel.com/](https://herd.laravel.com/)

## 🔋 DBNgin

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

![](https://dbngin.com/resources/images/welcome@2x.png align="left")

Home page: [https://dbngin.com/](https://dbngin.com/)

## ✉️ 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 🔥

Home page: [https://mailtrap.io/](https://mailtrap.io/)

## 💼 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.

![](https://tableplus.com/resources/images/light-theme@2x.png align="left")

Home page: [https://tableplus.com/](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/](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 😉!