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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

Working with PyCharm’s HTTP Requests

When we generated our project, PyCharm created two files. It created main.py, which we have already examined. It also created a file called test_main.http. This file is unique to PyCharm. Let’s examine the file shown in Figure 9.7:

Figure 9.7: The HTTP test file generated by PyCharm as part of a FastAPI project

Figure 9.7: The HTTP test file generated by PyCharm as part of a FastAPI project

You’ll find the file itself directly next to main.py (1). We mentioned this as one of the popular conventions for the placement of test files – right next to the file we’re testing. It is called test-main.http, which lets us know exactly what is being tested. The main.py file will contain endpoints and test_main.http will then contain tests for all the endpoints.

This http test file isn’t code, as we saw in Chapter 6, Seamless Testing, Debugging, and Profiling. This is a specification for HTTP requests. Positions (3) and (4) reveal one test per endpoint in main.py...