Mounting source code into a Docker container still causes very poor performance. Docker resolves some of these issues, but Docker on Windows is still running on a Hyper-V Virtual Machine. Mounting source code into a Linux Virtual Machines causes very poor I/O performance, especially when you work on large projects with a lot of (composer) packages and (frontend) libraries. On Windows you need a Linux Virtual Machine to install Linux software. The advantage of MacOS is that you are able to install all software locally using Homebrew. PHP, MySQL and a web server like Nginx, just work better on Linux based systems.

The development experience on MacOS was a lot better than developing on a Windows system because of the special needs that comes with web development. If you haven't enable the option, later you can do that from Configuration -> Create Desktop Entry.Untill this year, I mainly developed on a MacOS system when working for my own business. While Installing phpstorm/webstorm it will ask to create Desktop Entry. Run WebStorm.sh from the bin subdirectory Unpack the WebStorm-11.0.3.tar.gz file using the following command: To do the above steps open terminal and run: wget Run PhpStorm.sh from the bin subdirectory Unpack the PhpStorm-10.0.3.tar.gz file using the following command: Sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default Sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Open terminal and run the folowing commands to install java (If you don't have): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java You can use OpenJDK on your own risk if Oracle JDK causes more severe issues in your system. Using OpenJDK is not recommended because this may result in visual and performance problems. Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6+ or OpenJDK 1.7 or higher (OpenJDK 1.8 is recommended). GNOME or KDE desktop (works in elementary also).System requirements for both PhpStorm and WebStorm: Note: - Please note that PhpStorm and WebStorm are not FREE, so this is a 30-day trial, if you don't have activation key.

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