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Hands-On Application Development with PyCharm - Second Edition

By : Bruce M. Van Horn II, Quan Nguyen
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Book Image

Hands-On Application Development with PyCharm - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Bruce M. Van Horn II, Quan Nguyen

Overview of this book

In the quest to develop robust, professional-grade software with Python and meet tight deadlines, it’s crucial to have the best tools at your disposal. In this second edition of Hands-on Application Development with PyCharm, you’ll learn tips and tricks to work at a speed and proficiency previously reserved only for elite developers. To achieve that, you’ll be introduced to PyCharm, the premiere professional integrated development environment for Python programmers among the myriad of IDEs available. Regardless of how Python is utilized, whether for general automation scripting, utility creation, web applications, data analytics, machine learning, or business applications, PyCharm offers tooling that simplifies complex tasks and streamlines common ones. In this book, you'll find everything you need to harness PyCharm's full potential and make the most of Pycharm's productivity shortcuts. The book comprehensively covers topics ranging from installation and customization to web development, database management, and data analysis pipeline development helping you become proficient in Python application development in diverse domains. By the end of this book, you’ll have discovered the remarkable capabilities of PyCharm and how you can achieve a new level of capability and productivity.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: The Basics of PyCharm
4
Part 2: Improving Your Productivity
9
Part 3: Web Development in PyCharm
15
Part 4: Data Science with PyCharm
19
Part 5: Plugins and Conclusion

Web Development with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

This chapter marks the beginning of a series of five chapters on web programming with PyCharm, all of which will cover the development of general web applications. I have been looking forward to writing this section because this is my bread and butter. I have been developing web applications for as long as there has been a web. The professional edition of PyCharm contains something of a treat for web developers: a full copy of JetBrains’ WebStorm, which is provided through a pre-installed plugin. This means we get a lot more than just syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript! We also have full access to Node.js tooling and modern web UI frameworks such as React. I might be tempted to call it overkill, but it isn’t. The product I work on every day has a mixture of microservices written in Python 3, NodeJS, and React for the frontend. I leverage three different databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, and Redis. I...