<h1>Laravel Wow : Two new features this week.</h1>
<p>One keeps your class structure clean without thinking about it. One kills the terminal roundtrip for file generation.</p>
<hr>
<h2>01 · PHP Class Organizer</h2>
<p>Classes drift. Methods end up wherever you happened to type them, visibility gets mixed, and eventually you need a map to find anything. The organizer fixes that with one shortcut.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>Command</strong></td>
<td><code>extension.organizePHPClass</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Windows / Linux</strong></td>
<td><code>Ctrl + Alt + F, F</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Mac</strong></td>
<td><code>Cmd + Alt + F, F</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>What it does:</p>
<ul>
<li>Groups methods by visibility (<code>public</code>, <code>protected</code>, <code>private</code>)</li>
<li>Keeps traits, constants, and properties above methods</li>
<li>Optionally sorts methods alphabetically</li>
<li>Optionally moves static methods to the top</li>
<li>Saves your preferences for future use</li>
</ul>
<h3>Configure preferences</h3>
<table>
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<tr>
<th></th>
<th></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
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<td><strong>Command</strong></td>
<td><code>extension.configurePHPOrganizer</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Windows / Linux</strong></td>
<td><code>Ctrl + Alt + F, S</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Mac</strong></td>
<td><code>Cmd + Alt + F, S</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>&lt;b&gt; if you get</p>
<p>&lt;b&gt; Unable to organize PHP class: Missing dependency “php-parser”. Run npm install to use this command.&lt;b&gt;</p>
<p>Node.js installed</p>
<p>Check:</p>
<pre><code>node -v
npm -v
</code></pre>
<p>If not installed:</p>
<pre><code>Linux (Ubuntu/Debian):
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs npm

macOS (best way via Homebrew):
brew install node

Windows:
Download from the official Node.js website and install.
</code></pre>
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<h2>02 · Laravel File Generator</h2>
<p>Switching to the terminal to run <code>php artisan make:*</code> breaks your focus. It’s a small annoyance, but it happens constantly. This removes it.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>Command</strong></td>
<td><code>laravelBuilder.openGenerator</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Windows / Linux</strong></td>
<td><code>Ctrl + Shift + ,</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Mac</strong></td>
<td><code>Cmd + Shift + ,</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>From there you can generate:</p>
<ul>
<li>Controllers, Services, Repositories</li>
<li>Jobs, Actions</li>
<li>Requests, Resources</li>
<li>Models, Middleware</li>
<li>Events, Listeners</li>
<li>Notifications, Mail</li>
<li>Policies, Commands, Providers</li>
<li>Observers</li>
<li>Rules, Casts, Enums</li>
<li>Traits, Interfaces</li>
<li>Seeders, Factories, Migrations</li>
<li>Config files</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Shortcut conflict?</strong> If a keybinding doesn’t work, something else is probably mapped to it. Remap it in VSCode’s keybindings editor — takes 30 seconds.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<p>Try the features, find the bugs, tell us what broke. That’s the loop that makes this better.
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Two new features in the Laravel Wow VSCode extension: a PHP Class Organizer that automatically groups methods by visibility and sorts class members, and a Laravel File Generator that lets you run artisan make commands directly from VSCode without switching to the terminal. Covers keyboard shortcuts, configuration options, and a fix for a missing php-parser dependency.