Matt Stauffer has posted a set of helpful hints for developers using Sublime Text (3) to help make them more efficient and writing code much easier.

A lot of folks in the PHP community have been checking out PHPStorm lately, including myself and most of the developers I work with. We love the code intelligence we get from PHPStorm, but still miss the speed, quick boot-up, and convenience of Sublime Text. Before I blindly assume PHPStorm is the only way to go, I wanted to see: Can I bring the things a PHP-focused IDE provides PHP developers back to Sublime Text and get the best of both worlds?

He starts with a list of "must haves" for him to be able to move from PHPStorm, features it provides that Sublime, an editor not IDE, might not come with out of the box. Most of his suggestions use the Package Control functionality in Sublime so you'll need that installed to try out his examples. He then shows several tools you can install including:

• Sublime PHP Companion (package)
• AllAutocomplete (package)
• Cmd-click for function definition
• Integrating Code sniffing and PHP_CodeSniffer
• DocBlockr (package)
• Git helpers

...and many more. If you're a Sublime Text user, definitely take a look at his list and see if you can find something to help make your development easier.