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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

Building a Dynamic Web Application with Flask

I am fortunate enough to have been around the field of web development since its inception. I was a software engineer before there was a World Wide Web, at least one used by the general public. I remember the first time someone asked me to build a web application. I had to ask what it was. The guy told me, and I remember thinking “Well that’s dumb! Why wouldn’t people just use CompuServe or America Online (AOL) for that?” I thought the internet was going to be, at best, a fad. It was complicated, loaded with jargon, the UI was terrible compared with online services of the day, and it all just seemed kind of janky. I guess I was wrong.

Once I figured that out, I learned HTML and JavaScript. CSS wasn’t even a thing yet. It wasn’t long before I hit a wall with HTML’s capabilities. As you well know, HTML isn’t a programming language. It is a content markup language that controls the...