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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

Technical requirements

The following are the prerequisites for this chapter:

  • A working installation of Python 3.10 or later.
  • A working installation of PyCharm Professional. If you are using the community edition, most of what we’ll cover in this chapter won’t work since you’ll only get limited HTML support. You can still work with CSS and JavaScript files, but the experience will be very limited compared to the professional edition.
  • The Chrome web browser. You will need it if you want to debug JavaScript code running in the browser.
  • A working installation of NodeJS and node package manager (npm). This is optional. You will only need these if you want to work with React or modern JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, Vue, or Express. React is an advanced topic and won’t be covered extensively beyond setting up and working with a React project.
  • I’ll be showing you how to use PyCharm’s deployment features. For this, I...