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Hands-On Application Development with PyCharm

By : Quan Nguyen
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Hands-On Application Development with PyCharm

By: Quan Nguyen

Overview of this book

JetBrain’s PyCharm is the most popular Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used by the Python community thanks to its numerous features that facilitate faster, more accurate, and more productive programming practices. However, the abundance of options and customizations can make PyCharm seem quite intimidating. Hands-on Application Development with PyCharm starts with PyCharm’s installation and configuration process, and systematically takes you through a number of its powerful features that can greatly improve your productivity. You’ll explore code automation, version control, graphical debugging/testing, management of virtual environments, and much more. Finally, you’ll delve into specific PyCharm features that support web development and data science, two of the fastest growing applications in Python programming. These include the integration of the Django framework as well as the extensive support for IPython and Jupyter Notebook. By the end of this PyCharm book, you will have gained extensive knowledge of the tool and be able to implement its features and make the most of its support for your projects.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: The Basics of PyCharm
4
Section 2: Improving Your Productivity
9
Section 3: Web Development in PyCharm
14
Section 4: Data Science with PyCharm
18
Section 5: Plugins and Conclusion

Understanding Database Management with PyCharm

Databases are ubiquitous, not only in web applications but also in data and business analytics projects. Throughout this chapter, we will learn about the various tools and features available in PyCharm that facilitate the process of working with the database systems used by your Python projects. These tools include powerful features such as the SQL editor, graphical interfaces with data sources, and making query diagrams.

All web developers should have a solid understanding of how to work with databases, and learning how to do that with PyCharm will be a good conclusion to our discussions on the process of web development in Python with PyCharm.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Connecting PyCharm to a given database
  • Relational databases
  • Utilizing the Database panel in PyCharm
  • Data manipulation via the SQL console...