--- title: Best DEV posts — August 2023 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted DEV posts from August 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2023/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2023/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best DEV posts — August 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted DEV posts from August 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of DEV — August 2023 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/frontend-devs-what-are-the-favorite-tools-from-your-daily-workflow--qcxi3cgx8 "Frontend Devs: What are the favorite tools from your daily workflow?") Article DEV · 3y Frontend Devs: What are the favorite tools from your daily workflow? Frontend Devs: What are the favorite tools from your daily workflow? I am curious to hear your answers. It could be anything a Chrome extension, VS Code Extension, maybe some AI Code writer, whatever you can't live without. 124 6 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-for-php-and-laravel-hssav4gt2 "VSCode for PHP and Laravel") Article DEV · 3y VSCode for PHP and Laravel VSCode for PHP and Laravel development is a solid base configuration that can be expanded upon using additional workspace specific configurations. Intelephense is the most important extension to install for PHP support. Phpactor is a PHP Language Server with more features than you can shake a stick atphpactor. 47 6 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-in-a-new-codebase-gtai6jw5h "Getting Started in a New Codebase") Article DEV · 3y Getting Started in a New Codebase The first step is familiarizing yourself with the codebase, and it can be daunting. Here are some tips to help you hit the ground running. If you're unable to get the project running based on the information you have, you can help mitigate the problem now, before the next developer is onboarded. 18 [See all DEV archives](/sources/devto/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2023/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2023/08","name":"Best DEV Posts — August 2023","description":"The most upvoted DEV posts from August 2023, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2023/08#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/frontend-devs-what-are-the-favorite-tools-from-your-daily-workflow--qcxi3cgx8","name":"Frontend Devs: What are the favorite tools from your daily workflow?"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-for-php-and-laravel-hssav4gt2","name":"VSCode for PHP and Laravel"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-in-a-new-codebase-gtai6jw5h","name":"Getting Started in a New Codebase"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2023"}]}]} ```