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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

The idea of iterative development

Most practitioners in the world of software development are used to the ideals behind agile methodologies. There are dozens of agile frameworks designed to help you manage software, or really, any project with the aim of creating some useful product. One thing they consistently have in common is the idea of iterative development. The development effort is broken down into smaller, simpler tasks called an iteration. At the end of each iteration, we should have some usable product. This is important!

You might think about making a car, but think truly about the research and development that went into the first cars. Our main concern at that time was to produce a vehicle to take us from point A to some distant point B in a manner that was faster and more efficient than using a domesticated animal.

We already know about the wheel, so let’s entertain at a somewhat comical level the process your average software developer might use if they were...