Recommendation for Magento Development Team (MacBook Pro M2 (2023) env, training)

[beseiso]

My team and I are receiving MacBook Pros with M2 chips with max RAM.

We have the option of direct install, Docker, Warden, etc.

Our intention is to enable Devs to have multiple environments simultaneously, that way, they can support production bug fixes by having mirror of Prod code, new features in a Dev instance, and maybe a sandbox to Tinker/Innovate in, etc.

What recommendations does the Magento community have for local development environments: Direct install, Docker, or Warden+Docker?

What recommendations for IDE? Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, PHP Storm, Sublime, etc.?

What recommendations to skill up the Magento Developers in streamlined manner from Novice to Best Practices?

In advance, appreciate Experts who are seasoned Magento Developers, to provide insights.

Thank you,
JSB

[erikhansen]

@beseiso While I am currently using this Warden fork for local Magento development, I'd recommend https://github.com/swiftotter/den/ going forward. It's maintained by a company and has good industry adoption.

We use PhpStorm plus the Magento plugins for it.