Debugging

Hello,

I am a long-time Visual Studio user that is trying to get some experience with PHP and other open source technologies. Debugging in VS is quite intuitive but I'm struggling with phpStorm and xDebug. Seems like each resource I explore on the subject starts in the middle and uses terms and concepts I don't yet understand. I'm not sure if I should use remote debugging or phpStorm's built in server. I've tried the built in server since I'm assuming this is easiest but my breakpoints are ignored. Does anyone know of some good resources to get a newbie started on this? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
David