What\'s the best web development IDE that you\'ve come across, that also handles

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What's the best web development IDE that you've come across, that also handles Core PHP work and JS very well (eg. AngularJS)?

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Extremely fast -- there's nothing more annoying that a slow/stuttery IDE
Excellent at code completion -- very smart at understanding what you're doing
Good at HTML/CSS -- no point in only being good at the trickier stuff if you miss the basics
Good at PHP/JS (including Angular) too -- as mentioned, this is a necessity
Syntax error detection for the above
Support for LESS/SASS compiling
Excellent Git support out of the box
Overall an enjoyable environment to work in - nice to look at, smart, and helpful

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PHP Storm is very likely what you will need. (please see the video link at bottom...can't recommend those enough)

- Extremely fast -- there's nothing more annoying that a slow/stuttery IDE

IMO phpstorm is very fast. It might not start up inside 0.01sec, but once loaded I notice no lag.

- Excellent at code completion -- very smart at understanding what you're doing

Absolutely. It has very good code completion as long as your code is well laid out and has docblocs etc it will pick them all up.

- Good at HTML/CSS -- no point in only being good at the trickier stuff if you miss the basics

It has full code quality analysis. PHPStorm Features

- Good at PHP/JS (including Angular) too -- as mentioned, this is a necessity Syntax error detection for the above

PHP is perfect, angular is coming along.

- Support for LESS/SASS compiling

There are tutorials showing how to manage this with GULP etc.

- Excellent Git support out of the box

Git/Mercurial/CVS/Subversion all catered for.

- Overall an enjoyable environment to work in - nice to look at, smart, and helpful

I can't recommend these short videos enough - they show you how to get the best out of the software.How to Be Awesome in PHP Storm

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