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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

Setting up PyCharm

When you launch PyCharm for the first time, and you make it past the license and registration, the very next thing you see is a smallish window representing PyCharm without a loaded project. You can see the light color scheme version of this screen in Figure 2.9:

Figure 2.9: PyCharm with no loaded project

Figure 2.9: PyCharm with no loaded project

From this window, there are a few obvious options. I call them obvious because they are right in the middle of a big open space in the middle of the window. You can create a project, open an existing project, or clone a project from a VCS such as Git or Subversion (SVN). However, my first stop is in the gray area to the left on the screen where you’ll find the Customize menu option. Let’s go ahead and review your options for customizing PyCharm to fit your working style. Clicking Customize brings you to the preferences screen, as seen in Figure 2.10:

Figure 2.10: A small window for setting some of the important preferences in PyCharm

Figure 2.10: A small window for setting some...