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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

Installing and Configuring PyCharm

In the previous chapter, we looked at the most popular features of PyCharm and considered not only what makes PyCharm a great IDE but also what makes any IDE historically great. There is a base set of features we as developers need in order to be truly productive. In this chapter, we’ll turn our focus toward installing PyCharm. You may be thinking that you simply download and install it. You can do that, but there are different ways to install PyCharm that you might like better. There are also different options based on your operating system.

Aside from the simple act of downloading the installer, running it, and mashing the next button until the installer’s dialog boxes go away, there are other considerations for getting the tool properly installed and working. PyCharm is highly customizable, and you are presented with some of those customization options as soon as the program runs for the first time. Some of these options are interesting...