Why every Magento/Adobe Commerce developer needs our PhpStorm plugin?

Are you annoyed by doing boilerplate development work at your Magento/Adobe Commerce project to implement a feature or resolve an issue? Let’s take a look at the reasons for using the PhpStorm plugin for Magento/Adobe Commerce by Atwix.

Every Magento/Adobe Commerce developer creates modules, observers, plugins, and GraphQL pieces – it’s everyday work. The problem is the repetition: boilerplate scaffolding, bouncing between XML, controllers, layouts, and PHTMLs wastes time that should go to design, testing, and pushing your first-time-right rate higher.

The PhpStorm plugin by Atwix turns your IDE into a platform-savvy co-pilot. It understands Magento’s architecture end-to-end, so you glide between related elements (route >> controller >> layout >> template, schema >> resolver, DI >> implementation), generate modules, plugins, observers, view models, and GraphQL components without copy-paste, and follow the logical flow across modules. The result is less friction, more focus, and better practices baked into your everyday build.

What Does a Developer Get?

In short, it is a powerful tool to be more efficient at work and concentrate on important things. Let’s review a few simple cases:

When another module’s plugin order breaks yours, you can view the effective interceptor list and their order for the target method directly in the IDE and adjust sortOrder accordingly; without the plugin, you’d enable Xdebug, step through each interceptor, and grep di.xml across modules.
Saving: 15-20 min.

When a class should be injected via a Proxy to avoid heavy construction, the inspection recommends a Proxy and generates the correct type hint in a couple of clicks; without the plugin, you search for the proper declaration and hand-edit di.xml.
Saving: 5-10 min.

When extending the GraphQL schema with a custom resolver, you can create a resolver via “New | GraphQL Resolver for Field,” fill the form, and assign it with autocomplete; without the plugin, you hunt for a template in vendor, create the class manually, and wire the resolver path in PHP.
Saving: 10-15 min.

When a developer creates a module and wants configuration XML templates, you can right-click the etc directory, choose “New | Magento 2 Configuration File,” select what you need, and confirm; without the plugin, you’ll copy from another module and strip unrelated pieces.
Saving: 5-10 min.

That’s roughly an hour saved across just four routine steps that can appear in a single task – and most developers will hit several of these in a day. For juniors or engineers new to Magento/Adobe Commerce, it would take even more time.
Certainly, we cannot list all the benefits of our plugin here in this short post, but they can be found at the Documentation >> “User Guide” section.

What Does the Business Get?

Summary

Magento/Adobe Commerce rewards engineers who reduce toil and expose architectural issues early. Our PhpStorm plugin for Magento and Adobe Commerce does exactly that: it removes navigation and scaffolding noise, highlights risky patterns before they become bugs, and keeps customizations transparent. The outcome is simple – less friction, better flow, higher quality, resulting in benefits for the business.

Resources:

• Magento and Adobe Commerce PhpStorm by Atwix
• Plugin Documentation:
  • Navigate from intercepted method to attached plugins
  • Generate GraphQL resolver class
  • Generate module configuration files
  • Generate Magento 2 Module/Theme