vscode settings.json

{
    "git.path":"C:\\laragon\\bin\\git\\bin\\git.exe", 
    "php.validate.executablePath": "C:\\laragon\\bin\\php\\php-7.1.14-Win32-VC14-x64\\php.exe",
    "workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
    "workbench.statusBar.visible": false,
    "editor.multiCursorModifier": "ctrlCmd",
    "editor.snippetSuggestions": "top",
    "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
    "explorer.openEditors.visible": 0,
    "workbench.activityBar.visible": true,
    "editor.fontFamily": "Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
    "editor.fontSize": 16,
    "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\sysnative\\cmd.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [
        "/K",
        "C:\\laragon\\bin\\cmder\\vendor\\init.bat"
    ],
    "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
    // Set the default
    "editor.formatOnSave": false,
    "php-cs-fixer.executablePath": "C:\\laragon\\bin\\php\\php-7.1.14-Win32-VC14-x64\\php-cs-fixer.phar",
    // Enable per-language
    "[php]": {
        "editor.formatOnSave": true
    },
    "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
    "explorer.autoReveal": false,
    "editor.tabCompletion": true,
    "beautify.language": {
        "js": {
            "type": [
                "javascript",
                "json"
            ],
            "filename": [
                ".jshintrc",
                ".jsbeautify"
            ]
        },
        "css": [
            "css",
            "scss"
        ],
        "html": [
            "htm",
            "html",
            "blade"
        ]
    },
    "workbench.colorTheme": "8-Colour-Dark",
    // Make active tab stand out.. and tweak sidebar backcolor
    "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
        "sideBar.background": "#0a0a0a",
        "tab.activeBorder": "#ff0000",
        "tab.unfocusedActiveBorder": "#000000"
    }
}

You are strongly recommended to use Laragon development server.

If you are using windows+cmder, lines 15-19 make the vscode built in terminal awesome 👍

In your environment variables section, remember to set CMDER_ROOT to "C:\laragon\bin\cmder"