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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

Cloning this book’s code from GitHub

PyCharm has a robust set of features for working with VCSs such as Git, SVN, Mercurial, and Perforce. We’re going to work with Git and GitHub throughout this book because they have become the de facto standard in the industry. If you use one of the other supported VCSs, the process is mostly the same. In fact, the user experience is mostly the same except for differences in how some of the VCSs operate. For example, Git uses a four-step process to commit and push files:

  1. Stage your local changes (git add).
  2. Commit your changes locally (git commit).
  3. Pull from GitHub or your central repository to make sure you have the latest changes and fix any conflicts (git pull).
  4. Push your changes to the central repository (git push).

In contrast, SVN only has two steps:

  1. Pull the latest and fix any conflicts (svn update).
  2. Commit your local changes to the central repository (svn commit).

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