PHPantom is a high‑performance, lightweight PHP language server written in Rust that starts in under a second, uses only 59 MB of memory, and offers deep type intelligence, project‑aware analysis, and extensive IDE features that surpass many existing tools.
PXP is a collection of tools and libraries that combine Rust and PHP to create a fast, reliable superset of PHP with modern language features, a language server, static analyzer, formatter and linter, aiming to improve the overall PHP developer experience.
Microsoft has introduced a Markdown language server for VS Code, comprising an open‑source TypeScript library that offers Markdown processing utilities and a server built on that service, aiming to accelerate Markdown development and improve authoring efficiency.
Microsoft’s recent blog reveals a six‑month effort that delivered a Markdown Language Server for VS Code, bringing advanced features like document outline, smart folding, path completion and more to editors, while also enabling these tools to run in a separate process for better performance.
Rust’s language server RLS will be deprecated in September 2022 as Rust 1.64 launches, with the faster, incremental‑compilation Rust Analyzer taking its place, offering improved IDE features across editors like VS Code, Vim, and Emacs, and reflecting the language’s rapid release cycle.
Microsoft's development team released a two‑year, user‑driven overhaul of the VS Code PowerShell extension, redesigning the PowerShell Editor Services engine, introducing a new thread model, adding 6,000 lines of code, removing 12,000, and improving stability, performance, and developer feedback mechanisms.
