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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

Summary

In this chapter, we examined various PyCharm features regarding supporting and automating tasks in the process of web development with Django. While this list of features is in no way exhaustive, I hope it can offer you a solid starting point to continue discovering other powerful features for your web development process.

First, we see that, by specifying the PyCharm project type as Django, an extensive project skeleton will be generated with convenient boilerplate code already filled out. With the implementation of the manage.py panel inside the project window as well as its run/debug configuration, PyCharm additionally allows for a higher level of development, with various tasks traditionally achieved via the command line, such as running the server or making migrations. Finally, by acknowledging integrated views and templates in Django, PyCharm makes it as easy as possible for developers to work with them in the editor—be it generating a missing template, code...