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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

Writing code with HTML

HTML, like any other code, is created within a text file. In the case of HTML, the text is highly structured using a set of HTML tags. You can think of the tags as being like keywords in a programming language, except these are set apart using angle brackets. Remember, HTML is for content structure and layout. It was created by Tim Berners-Lee (not Al Gore) as a way to present scientific journal articles on the internet’s predecessor called the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (DARPANET). This is an adjunct of the United States Department of Defense. One problem in the scientific world with this was the time it took to publish a peer-reviewed journal article. In cases where science had to advance rapidly, we needed a format to electronically publish research without going through the peer review and print publication process, which can take months. HTML was designed to electronically mimic a paper publication. Since this is the case, it...