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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

Working with projects

Now that we have seen all the configuration options and we’ve tweaked some of the more popular settings, let’s take PyCharm for a quick spin around the block. We’ll create a quick Python project and learn how to run our main script within the UI.

At this point, you’re going to need to have installed Python 3 on your computer. The Python documentation at https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html explains the installation. I find this documentation to be complete, but you have to wade through a lot to get to the good part. To make this easier for beginners, I’ll include some additional links in the Further reading section at the end of this chapter.

Creating a new project

You’re probably starting to realize that PyCharm is a pretty powerful and flexible tool. There are several ways to configure it and several places in the application where you can start the configuration process. There is similar flexibility in...