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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

I have this terrible feeling that I haven’t covered everything. That’s because I didn’t. I could write a whole book just on the database features of PyCharm, but if I did, I might as well title it something like Hands-On Database Programming with DataGrip. Don’t forget, we’re seeing a whole other IDE crammed into the crevices of PyCharm much as we did with WebStorm in Chapter 7, Web Development with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. The feature set is truly staggering and I didn’t cover some of the really interesting features owing to either lack of space in this book or because some of the really cool features are still works in progress.

For example, you can set code as a data source and synchronize the code to the structure of the database. At present, it isn’t 100% complete, which is why I left it out. As a database developer, I would expect to be able to have a round-trip experience where changes to the code are reflected in...