Laravel VSCode settings to only work with the files you actually need to see.

settings.json

{
    "files.exclude": {
        // Root files 
        ".editorconfig": true,
        ".gitattributes": true,
        // "**/.gitignore": true,
        ".styleci.yml": true,
        "package.json": true,
        // "composer.json": true,
        "composer.lock": true,
        ".phpunit.result.cache": true,
        "phpunit.xml": true,
        // "README.md" : true,
        "webpack.mix.js": true,
        "artisan": true,
        ".env.example": true,
        "server.php": true,

        //folders
        "**/vendor": true,
        // "**/config" : true,
        // "**/tests" : true,
        "**/database/factories": true,

        //files in folders
        "**/app/Console": true,
        "**/app/Exceptions": true,
        "**/app/Providers": true,
        "**/bootstrap": true,

        "**/routes/api.php": true,
        "**/routes/channels.php": true,
        "**/routes/console.php": true,

        "**/resources/js": true,
        "**/resources/lang": true,
        "**/resources/sass": true,

        // "**/app/Http/Middleware" : true,
        // "**/app/Http/Kernel.php" : true,
    },
    "editor.fontSize": 16,

    //exludes fies & folders in search indexing
    "search.exclude": {
        "**/node_modules": true,
        "**/bower_components": true,
        "**/env": true,
        "**/venv": true
    },

    // Laravel Blade Snippets
    "emmet.triggerExpansionOnTab": true,
    "blade.format.enable": true,
    "[blade]": {
        "editor.autoClosingBrackets": "always"
    },

    // PHP intellisense
	"php.executablePath": "C:/xampp/php/php.exe",
    "php.suggest.basic": true,
    // Enable/disable built-in PHP validation.
    "php.validate.enable": true,
    // Whether the linter is run on save or on type.
    "php.validate.run": "onSave"

}