This extension ensures your transition to VS Code to be less cumbersome by allowing you to use the same keyboard shortcuts as you did with WebStorm/PhpStorm. Consequently, only the bare essential extensions have been listed. In general, to keep your IDE fast, the lesser the number of extensions, the better. You will find a list of useful extensions which are highly recommended to make your new IDE function just like Phpstorm/Webstorm. Thankfully, there are extensions to support almost every language and framework.

If you haven’t, do so by downloading it from its official sourceīy default, VS Code does not come with out-of-the-box support for many languages like PHP, Java, Ruby, etc or even frameworks like React, Vue, Svelte, Symfony, etc. (In fact, faster than Webstorm/Phpstorm and lighter in terms of RAM usage)įirstly, you should have installed VS Code.

Free of cost (thanks to Microsoft for making it Open Source ).

VS Code provides the same functionality as Webstorm/Phpstorm.

But here are a few advantages that I saw that compelled me try out VS Code –

I love using Webstorm/Phpstorm and it has been the editor of my choice since several years now.

Been a user of Phpstorm/webstorm since long and wish to migrate to VS Code ? Skeptical about changing your IDE or the changes that it might bring along ? Fear not, for we will show you how you could setup VS code to be identical to Phpstorm/webstorm.

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