Top Magento Development Tools Every Magento Developer Should Know

There is no doubt that Magento is a sophisticated platform but in order to get the most out of the robust platform, you need the right kind of tools and development for the system. With the help of magento development tools you are sure to get a robust website with ultimate performance and a stable server for Magento that can manage the whole load.

However, the challenging part is to find the development tools that best suit your needs. There are various tools and extensions built for beginner and average level developers, but not all of them are up to the mark. To save you the time and efforts, in this post I have gathered six useful Magento development tools.

Magento Debug

Magento Debug offers a developer debug toolbar. It lists request attributes for developers to understand what is going on. Magento Debug shows all the log lines, all the events that were dispatched during request and all the observers called, along with listing down all the models and collections that were loaded on the server for Magento during a request.

PHPStorm

PHPStorm helps in categorizing and managing large projects efficiently. When developing on Magento 2, PHPStorm lets you get around the code more efficiently, saving time and efforts. It also provides tools for testing and profiling your application.

MageTool

Mage Tool is build for facilitate a variety of repetitive tasks during the process of development. Instead of switching between different tools and admin system, you can simply run commands and improve the workflow using this tool. Mage Tool automates the operations by creating controller or module etc.

Magento PHPUnit Integration

Magento PHPUnit Integration promotes test-driven development practices for Magento developers. With the use of this tool, you can easily test your code quality and different scenarios. Without changing the core files, a separate database connection is used for tests and allows you to check for any configuration problems or errors.

MageReport.com

MageReport.com evaluates the quality and security of a Magento site and gives a quick insight of the security status. Moreover, you even get to know how to fix the possible vulnerabilities. It looks for all known vulnerabilities not only in the Magento store but also in some of commonly used third-party extensions.

Easy Template Path Hints

Easy Template Path Hints helps developers to turn on the template path hints for backend and the frontend with ease. In a secured way, you can enable the template path hints by simply passing an additional parameter to the controller.

Conclusion

Development for Magento can get complex without the right tools. The aforementioned tools should get you started and help you improve efficiency by saving time and reducing the element of error. I hope you found this post useful. If you have any questions, let me know and I’ll get back to you.

Originally published at www.axiswebart.com on August 10, 2018.